#i dunno jf i really like this one

[inumakkin]

"I don't like anyone better than you"

[vimbry]

JL: it's a bunch of pictures of me and Alison Bechdel-

JF: yeah, yeah! I saw that.

JL: and you're supposed to guess which one is which. [audience laughter] and I have to say, I was staring at it, going I- I have, I dunno! I can't tell... and I dunno which one of us stole the other person's look, but uh-

JF: it's a really strong resemblance, and it's also a really good joke on a couple of different levels - because like, you know, the Bechdel thing is like the Bechdel Test, so it's like, "can you pass the Linnell-

JL: - it's another test.

JF: -Bechdel test, and the fact that your- that your last names are so similar? and you look almost identical?

JL: yeah. you're digging way deeper into it.

JF: no, no! I mean, I was- I thought it was profound. but you know, the thing is, like - and I was gonna put it out on social media, and then I just felt, like- what if people ... like, have some other response to this? like, you know - I started feeling, like, things that only, you know, Bill Maher and Jerry Seinfeld feel. [audience laughter and groans].

JL: oh- oh, oh. yeah, yeah yeah. you don't wanna go down that road. no. I love Alison Bechdel; her work is great-

JF: yeah! I like the-

JL: I'm proud to be confused with her! [audience whooping] I just wanna say.

JF: I like the Bechdel test!

JL: yes.

JF: I think it's a good test.

[phyrestartr]

DO U USE CHARACTER AI.... n also jf u do do u have any sukuna bot recs.. cant find any good ones </3

SORRY DUDE, I DON'T USE ANYTHING AI-RELATED BC I HAVE A REALLY HUGE GRUDGE AGAINST IT it's ruining the art and entertainment industry, it's so sad o(--( SORRY FAM!! I ALSO DUNNO WHAT CHARACTER AI IS BUT IM GUESSING IT'S LIKE A CHAT BOT OR SOMETHING?? I'm gen z but feelin' like a boomer LOL

[booasaur]

Wait….Harlem spoilers ahead!!!

JF is only credited for these two episodes?! That was it?! That was how they ended?! I mean I didn’t expect them to stay together forever but like, that’s it? 😭😭😭 I really hope Quinn doesn’t magically forget that she’s queer for the next 6 episodes.

Thank you for being so clear about the spoilers, anon!

I knowwww. The thing is, I found out through spoilers in my inbox on Thursday evening when I hadn't started watching yet, so I was doubly crushed. And as always happens when I get spoilers I didn't want, it just put me off so I did wait a while but then my friend ended up watching and actually, she was a bit more chill than the message I'd gotten? From what she'd said, it was more circumstances than blaming either of them and yeah, by the time I watched, I'd say I'd agree with that, so maybe Isabela will come back?

JF is only on the first two eps on IMDB and it seems pretty filled out for the whole cast, and she seems like she's been shooting other stuff, so I dunno if we'll get any more, especially this season, but we do know that Quinn definitely doesn't magically forget she's queer, there's still this ep to come, probably ep 5, called Pride:

But what I also found a little odd was that during the convo with Isabela, she's like, I don't want to half-ass either the election or things with you, so maybe we should step back, but Quinn and then Angie after were treating it like Isabela just couldn't handle Quinn herself. "You'll find someone who loves all of you", like, Shawn and Isabela weren't turned off by her Quinn-ness? She was the one who decided to turn down Shawn and Isabela literally had an election to focus on.

Speaking of disconnects, feel like they're being repetitive with Tye as well, like, first, friends do count as connections so why act like she's got nothing at all when she has three very close best friends? Angie and Quinn have no better long-term relationships going either? And deciding to hook up with Zoe as a fellow low-maintenance player, we literally did that in the first season??

But this show is honestly just not that serious, heh, and unlike with other shows, I can't really say that the f/f is being treated worse because it's f/f, I think it's just the genre. Camille's romance is ostensibly the best treated but Ian kind of sucks so...

And another anon:

**Harlem s2 spoiler: I... am speechless. How are Quinn and Isabela already over? They rushed through that hella quick! I thought they'd be going most of the season. I hope it's not over over... Quinn does have a lot of growing up to do on her own, but man. 2 episodes of weird dates and Isabela's done? after a season build up? Why do I keep falling for the disappointing ones...

Anon, you sent before I even knew the eps were out! In fairness, you did put the warning at the top and a linebreak, but next time maybe some more lines in between? Because I'd already read through the rest before comprehending the first. D:

I'm surprised it's over so quickly as well, considering the buildup, but maybe JF was booked? She has roles in DMZ and Fleishman Is in Trouble. I'd have thought this would be the priority and she'd only go for the other roles if she didn't have this, but who knows.

[herethereberodents]

Thoughts on DA2 Thomas Storyline, so spoilers of course!

Thomas' storyline in DA1, I quite liked, because it exposed him to two very different ways of leading a life for men of his sort. Richard 'Circumspect' Ellis and Chris Webster. And honestly, while I was hopeful Barris would continue, it does make sense for Richard to marry, and it would've been great for the second movie to explore how Thomas felt about that. Whether Barris was endgame or not, they could've had a whole movie that just studied Thomas' dilemma, the choices he faces now he's met two men like himself and how they handle their lives, all without Max Brown having to be present. DA2 could've just been a mini character study for Thomas, wonderful!

But it's like... Thomas MUST have a man for his happily ever after, because that's the only way we can measure a gay man's happiness/success in a time where its illegal? Like no, he can become self made? I'd say that'd be terrific! Thomas running under his own steam, self sufficient, independent, that's a victory! They could've framed it so yes he becomes Butler, and has the respect and acceptance of his colleagues, raises George to be a kind and open-minded man, builds a friendship with Mary since they're kindred spirits and on his off days trips down to Turton's, I dunno! Or he leaves, gets out from under Downton's thumb, moves to America inspired by Guy, and just lives a little?

All I'm saying is I don't mind that Thomas ends up leaving, it was always going to go one of two ways, and this one happens to be Canon, okay let's go! I don't mind that Barris is over, either. Thomas 'I'm not foul' Barrow probably wouldn't want to be a married man's secret, would've been cool for Richard to change his tune, but ultimately this is what they chose.

But why, God why, must it be on the arm of a bloke he's just met? And from the sounds of it, his employer, like it's just a reskinned Crowbarrow? I wouldn't even have minded if he went to work for Guy but it wasn't ROMANTIC? Not my favourite, so many other storylines, but this detail just gets me so much. We know Thomas is a romantic, bloody soppy, but it feels like his settling for anyone now. I rewatched the very first episode of Downton the other day and just thought, God, that's what's gonna become of this first footman? This stupid, ambitious, cruel, young Thomas?

Who fckin knows, JF might sweep me off my feet and shower me in the undeniable, unbridled chemistry between these two, and I'll be so struck by how thick the tension is between them that I'm begging Guy to whisk Thomas away by the end. I just really fckin doubt it.

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

I feel you with that “Joker killed a god” stuff, but what gets me as well is whenever I see those discussions over “strongest group btwn P3-P5” I’ll see some comments saying Futaba could hack into Aigis and defeat her that way. And idk... that always really bothered me. Sure P5 already treats Futaba like a hacking god, but could she really hack into Aigis? I personally don’t think so, and even if she could, I doubt it would be for very long. Unless Futaba really is just that good *rolls my eyes* but what do you think?

Welp this one is new for me ;w; Welp, I can add it to my list of other takes I don’t like when it comes to hypothetical fights (under the cut for length):

Joker killed a god (so much wrong there)

SEES has Aigis so they win (I’ll def talk about this one since it’s relevant)

PT are more physically capable/have had more training so they win (I’ll explain this one too) 

P1/2 can use real guns and Personas in the real world so they win (usually when P1/2 are in the mix, I do think they could have a surprise advantage, but its not like P3-5 can’t use Personas IRL....it’s just that they’ve never had a chance....also the gun thing.....which I’ll get to, also they forget Aigis/Naoto have real guns dfklsjafjal)

P5 kids can use guns so they win (it’s similar to Aigis I’ll get to it, also did we forget about Naoto and Aigis????? ksldjfa;kjdfa;jf also those aren’t real so they are SOL if they aren’t fighting in the Metaverse)

Now I can add “Futaba hack win” to this list DX

Never stating if we are doing it ala PQ style (aka we’re ripping people out of their main game timeline, aka teens vs teens), or if it’s Arena style (aka we’re doing it as a sequel and it’s adults vs teens),I mean their strength is different between PQ and Arena so it’s fair (plus Labby and/or Sho might choose to side/help on P4′s side which is also important), basically there needs to be some kind a rules/basis of P3/4 chars so we know what version to pit against the PT otherwise it’s anarchy and we’re getting nowhere

Not stating which terrain they are fighting on (it is kiiiiiinda important, hometeam advantage)

Assuming a certain terrain is an insta win for a certain group (reality/Tartarus is a bit more of a struggle without evokers but not impossible, also SEES is kinda honorable and wouldn’t like the disadvantage even if it was still doable without evokers....except maaaaybe if lives are on the line that is kfljsafdajf, TV world is the most neutral but it really depends if it’s Arena style or not cause that determines if there is fog or not)

For reference, personally I’d put it at P2IS/P2EP>P3/P4>P5, still working on where P1 goes tbh so there are def gonna be changes, same with PTS, P2 manga is probs gonna be with the other P2 cast. And this list is my personal opinion AT THE MOMENT (cause I just know Atlus is gonnna screw over P3/4 in Arena 3, either cause they need to weaken them with it not making sense or they are gonna nerf them cause they haven’t been active in a long while >.> which def shouldn’t have been the case after Arena or at least Ultimax but nope still tier 1 Personas 8U) regardless if it is PQ or Arena style. It’s mostly cause 1) fusion spells (P2/3/4 have them, even tho P4 doesn’t call it that, it operates EXACTLY like a fusion spell so I’m categorizing it as such) and 2) P4 kids.....are pretty strong to hold their own/beat people who have upgraded Personas.

.......sorry side tangent there’s gonna be like 1 or 2 more but they are in relation to the topic (and it’ll be at the end) falkdsjakfj. But yeah that’s BS. And def something Atlus would do except they forget that the teams have hard counters against that. >.>

(might change if I remember something but atm I’mma just say it) Iirc Futaba’s Persona doesn’t usually hack people, her only two hacks in battle are against her own mother (”hacking my cognition” my ass, you just imagined it there, how about you imagine your mom away???? oh wait that should’ve happened before the damn fight and thus us not needing a fight so stupid!) -ahem- and when we get a insta hold up (which is really just her blinding the damn enemy it’s nothing hacky about it....so stupid)

Aigis literally willed her way out of someone remote controlling her, not even hacking, like a literal remote designed to control her and kill SEES....and she broke free of it. 

Arena style wise, Fuuka was able to break Labby free of control too, tho that was non-hacking and against a weakened god (would not be surprised if she trained that to Rise, and/or because it’s Futaba and not a god, Rise could probably do it as well.....since Rise knows how she just wasn’t strong enough against Kagu...but Futaba isn’t Kagu 8U). 

If it’s non-Arena style, it’s possible that Fuuka (and by extension Rise) could be susceptible to someone interfering with their Navi-ing, as seen with Chidori messing with Fuuka (even after she’s evolved)......but only Chidori has shown to have that type of ability not Futaba (and Chidori isn’t even a hacker so “hacking” isn’t really what’s going on ksdajf;a). It’d probs only work pre Arena (cause Fuuka is supposedly super strong in Arena), but it’d require Atlus to create a damn ability for Futaba that doesn’t exist yet. Also iirc Chidori’s really was just used to mask her/team’s whereabouts and used to relay a message (not mine control Fuuka)

if Futaba HAD this type of power, A) P5 would be a walk in the park, B) she would’ve used it iirc

In case Sho/Labby are allowed, Labby was also able to break free of her own remote control in Ultimax (thanks to S!Labby)

Fun fact, not a point, but apparently Aigis can possible reach her sister’s but not if they are being mind controlled (or “hack” as she said in Arena). I dunno something to note kfsljda;jf

So like.....no......I don’t think she could “hack” them. Hell, I don’t even think Sho was hacking Labby, I think he just has a similar remote control that his dado had (which he probs got what he needed from hacking the Kirijou/or his dad giving him info....need to replay Ultimax a bit tbh, but low key I think they just like using the word “hacking” fksdlajaj;fdjfkd), and Futaba would need to do that prior to the fight. And that’s not even counting that it’ll actually work (because of reasons listed above).

Now for the side tangent, it’s funny people think her hacking Aigis means insta win (or that Aigis is an insta win), and that the “PT are better cause they trained and are more physically fit plus they have the outfits that help them” and like no????? P3/4 (freaking they train too sakdljfa;jf what the hell?) but they also have crazy physical abilities. You think Chie can just punt a giant robot and not have her leg broken? Or Mitsuru can crotch shot a shadow with her boots and walk away fine? Like an 80 ft robot is a normal enemy for the IT, both SEES and IT are taking face shots from TANKS on a daily! Why else do you think SEES/IT can survive Takaya/Adachi’s bullets (or Jin’s bombs)? It’s because of their Personas that ANY team can survive being set on fire or electrocuted! XU The PT’s outfits are just a physical representation of their status as Persona users in the Metaverse tbh, it’s a cosmetic symbolism, doesn’t mean SEES/IT don’t have it too (and they should if they go into the Metaverse).

So yeah Aigis, or even guns, aren’t a deciding factor, esp when SEES/IT are shown to be able to handle/beat Aigis/Labby just fine klfjsdajfa Hell iirc they HAVE to beat (at least Shadow) Labby to even continue the series sdkaflajfja And she was tortured to be a literal fighting Machine! 

So yeah, hacking isn’t an isnta win (also forgetting Fuuka is a hacker too fkdasjfl;), Aigis/Labby isn’t an insta win, guns aren’t an insta win. 

“But Shinji died from a bullet” but Shinji nothing. 1) He didn’t have any armor on, and most IMPORTNATLY 2) He was willing to die, and considering P3 really puts an emphasis on will to live being a crucial part to summoning a Persona......and thus him not having his Persona activated at all made him not get the nice Persona perk that we usually have. 

But will Atlus do it despite it not making sense? Probably! Cause the PT are oh so special! uwu Even tho they’ve yet to prove themselves in being better than at least SEES/IT, let alone P1/2 cast. .....stupid temp buffs..... >.> can’t do anything without your stupid deus ex machina temp buffs can you Joker? Tbh, other Persona chars beating “Full Cognition Joker” would be the most Persona thing out there, so I don’t even think FC!Joker would win (not that there’s really a good organic way for him to get that back). “Full cognition Joker is like god level!” oh didja hear what other Persona chars like to do to these so called “gods”? 8U

[legxllyblxndc]

Izzy and Nicks engagement party ( @foreverwednesday )

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Izzy was still in a buzz of engagement joy, but tonight was definitely testing her anxieties. It was the first night without Jeremiah - they had left him with the nanny she'd had as a little girl, because anybody else they trusted was here celebrating with them, but it wasn't putting her mind at ease. She had already called the nanny five times and the party had barely started. "Okay, he's fine. Still asleep." She smiled as she came back in the room and walked over to Nick. "Thank you for doing this." She sighed, taking his hand. She knew that this was absolutely not something he'd enjoy, but it was just custom for families like hers.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "How prepared are you for a million people telling us that we're next?" Jacob looked down at Felicity with a raise of an eyebrow. He didn't hold their last attempt at a wedding against her whatsoever, but he wasn't going to enjoy how many people were going to ask them about marriage tonight at all. He loved this life, most of the time, but it was nights like tonight where he wished people would mind their own business. "You know, for an engagement he wasn't very happy about... Dad really has gone all out for this party." He looked around them. Everybody who was anybody seemed to be at that party.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "What a fucking weirdo. This is a suit. Just 'cause it doesn't have a tie." Freddie grumbled as they walked away from one of the rich old men who had just reprimanded him for not wearing a proper suit to the occasion. "Bastard." He grumbled moodily, looking back at the man with a scowl. He hadn't even wanted to wear this suit, never mind something with a tie and a waistcoat, but Grace had made him. "Right, I need a drink or I'm gonna start beating up some old guys." He shrugged his shoulders, but he laughed to show that he was joking. He wasn't going to ruin tonight for Nick and Izzy - but he didn't like the old people, they made him angry. "Still can't believe they're fuckin' engaged."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Hooooly shit." Ellie laughed as she looked around the room, shaking her head. "This is insane." She had known that the party would be a big affair, but she hadn't expected this - and she knew her brother wouldn't want it. She even doubted Izzy did. She felt very judged by all of the people here, like they were thinking she didn't belong - which they probably were and it made her very defensive. "God, my brother is getting married. Nick is getting married. How is that happening?" She laughed softly, raising an eyebrow. She and her brother had rarely seen eye to eye and that was true even now, but she was still happy for him.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy was so happy for Nick and Izzy, but she felt angry at the fact that Mr. Fontaine had opposed the engagement and still thought he had the right to throw a huge party like this. "I hope your father doesn't bother speaking to me tonight." She told Spencer with a defiant raise of an eyebrow. She had already told him what she thought of him and this party didn't change that. Nick was one of her closest friends and she hated the way he'd been treated. She didn't want to have to pretend to play nice with him tonight.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie had been on edge since they'd been invited to the party; she appreciated the invitation and she was happy enough for them, but it was an event she couldn't get out of where she knew her parents would be there. The Chamberlain's wouldn't miss anything like this. She had already taken something at home, before she left, but she needed more to get her through. She could see her parents in the corner of the room and she knew it wouldn't be long until they came over. Her hand tapped nervously on the table, her other one holding her drink that was almost empty. "Fancy party, yeah?" She looked to Theo with a laugh, trying to distract herself.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Gabe had been so excited for tonight; he loved Nick, he always had and he was so happy that he was getting what he'd always deserved. And he loved how fancy the party was. "Have you tried these little -- well, I dunno what they are, but they're delicious." He laughed as he looked to Annabelle, holding up one of the little hors d'oeuvres that he was eating. "You look great, by the way." He smiled. He knew that none of them exactly fit the definition of posh, but he thought they all scrubbed up well.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Are your parents here, then?" Emilie asked Link as they walked back from the bar, raising an eyebrow. She had always liked Annabelle's brother - or rather, she'd always respected him for what he'd done for his sisters, which was the main reason she'd come tonight and actually made an effort to meet the dress code. "I'm surprised they haven't come over yet." She rolled her eyes. She didn't mind Link's dad, but she found his mother pretty intolorable.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy knew that he wasn't exactly welcome at the party, but that made it all the more fun for him - Annabelle had already told him that she'd had to push for him to come and he liked the thought that he was there, even though people didn't like him. He'd already had a couple of drinks and he couldn't help but smirk as he saw Florence across the room. He walked over and tapped her on the shoulder. "So this is how your people live, hm?" He smirked. His family were very well off, but not like this.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick was still so surprised that he and Izzy were getting married now. He loved her so much and he was so happy... though this party was definitely not something that he had in mind. He almost couldn't believe that Mr Fontaine had said no to him when he had asked to marry his daughter but had insisted that he threw this party for them all. "Of course he's okay, Izzy." Nick nodded. He was tense and he was trying not to let that get to him. He shrugged as she thanked him. "You know that I wanted to do this right." He sighed. He wished he could do all of this his own way but he knew there were certain things her family expected.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity laughed slightly as she listened to Jacob. She still felt guilty for standing him up and she knew that the people at the party were going to ask a million questions that were going to make her feel worse. "I know." She muttered with a nod of her head and a sigh, "In fact, an old lady cornered me in the bathroom a couple minutes ago, asking when we were going to try again." She sighed. She knew that they were just being curious but Felicity didn't like it very much. Though she knew that she would smile and answer everyones questions. She rolled her eyes as Jacob mentioned his dad, she was still pretty annoyed at him, "It's all about appearances with him, isn't it?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Grace laughed slightly as she listened to Freddie, "I told you that these people wouldn't like that suit." She shrugged. Grace was used to events like this. Her parents threw them quite often. She had tried to get Freddie to listen and she had been surprised when he had settled on the suit he was wearing. "But ignore him, you look good." She shrugged her shoulders. Grace nodded her head, "Then to the bar!" She laughed with a nod of her head. Grace couldn't help but wonder when or if Freddie would propose. They hadn't been together quite as long as Izzy and Nick but she was eager for it anyway.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie couldn't help but laugh as she and Ellie entered the party. It was insane. she had never seen a room this big and if she was honest, it was probably the entire size of their flat. "Insane is definitely one word for it." She laughed with a nod of her head. She was so excited for Nick. She had know him since they were little and she definitely thought that he deserved this. "It's crazy, huh? But look at him, El.." She nodded to Nick with a laugh, "Look at how happy he looks." She didn't think that she had ever seen that look on Nicks face and it was definitely nice to see.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Spencer sighed as Clancy spoke. He was still pretty annoyed at her for what she had said to his father. He didn't think that his dad was out of order, saying no to Nick. Though he knew better than to say that to Clancy. "Do you not think that you can pretend to be nice to him for one night?" He asked with a raise of an eyebrow. He didn't want to have a fight with her but he wouldn't be happy if Clancy started something with his father tonight.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Although he couldn't figure out what it was, there was definitely something wrong with Edie. She seemed different. He knew that he couldn't just ask her though. He had to tread lightly with all of this. When he saw her parents, he was pretty sure that he knew what it was that had happened, though he still wouldn't say anything. He would just be there for her. He would be there for her with whatever she needed. "Yeah. I don't even know how to stand." He laughed as he shook his head slightly.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle had been over the moon as soon as she had heard that Nick and Izzy were getting married. She thought that the two of them were so good together and it was nice to see her brother so happy. She thought that he deserved that. "I haven't. I'm not hungry." Annabelle laughed as she shook her head slightly. She loved bringing Gabe to stuff like this. He seemed so excited and it was definitely infectious. "Thank you!" Annabelle smiled. She and Vance had recently made up and she knew that he would be mad if he realised this was happening without him so she was a little on edge.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Of course they are." Link muttered with a nod of his head and a sigh. He still lived with his parents, he still relied on them for everything. Link didn't have a choice in being nice to them, though he didn't like it. He knew that they didn't treat people right. He felt so on edge as he waited for them to come over to them. He shrugged his shoulder slightly, "They will soon, i'm sure."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence had only been invited because her parents were. She loved events like this, though her parents had insisted that she bring a date with her, so Harrison was in the party somewhere... she wasn't really sure where. She laughed as she turned to look at Tommy and shrugged her shoulders slightly. "Welcome to my world. We have fancy parties and boring dates." She smiled at him, "I'm glad you're here."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Izzy knew exactly why her dad had wanted to throw this party and it was because he didn't want people to think that his only daughter was doing something he disapproved of; as much as she wanted to be at home with her son, she knew the party was basically a sign that she and Nick had won. She laughed, shrugging her shoulders. "I know, but - I like checking." She smiled. She liked hearing the updates about her son. "I know you did - and I love you so much for that. We'll just stay until everybody's seen our faces."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Cornered you?" Jacob couldn't help but laugh, shaking his head. He always forgot just how nosy all of these people were until he was around them again. "I had hoped that Izzy's news might take the heat off us for a while, but it looks like it's only highlighted the fact that we're not married." He chuckled, showing Felicity that he was okay with the fact they were unmarried. He shrugged his shoulders slightly. "I think he just wanted to show her that he'll be there for all of this." He knew Felicity was right, but he never wanted to speak against his father. Although he wouldn't admit it, he was definitely a little bit afraid of the man - he controlled everything in his life, mostly his career.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Why?! It's a perfectly good fucking suit!" Freddie argued, shaking his head. He didn't like wearing anything like this, it made him feel weird, but it was the best he could do. "Yeah well, as long as you think I look good then I don't give a fuck what the old buggers think." He laughed, shrugging his shoulders. He had never really cared, but now that he had a child of his own he especially didn't - he had a very clear sight of what was important. "That's what we like to hear." He grinned, walking over to the bar and ordering their drinks. "It's still weird seeing you drink after nine months of orange juice."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Ellie had no idea that Izzy's dad had refused to give her brother his approval of the proposal, because if she did then she would've refused to go to his party - but she didn't, so here she was. "So crazy. I feel like this fucking party cost more than a years rent." She laughed, shaking her head. They didn't exactly live in a nice part of London, after all. She had to smile as Charlie pointed out how happy her brother was, though. "I know... I don't think I've ever seen him this happy." She smiled, nodding her head.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy knew that Spencer was annoyed that she'd spoken up to his father, but frankly, she was annoyed that he hadn't. "I can pretend and I will if I have to. But I'd prefer not to speak to him at all." She said honestly, shrugging her shoulders slightly. She would never cause a scene, especially not here - she would never embarrass them like that. But she would hope that William Senior had enough respect for her to leave it for tonight. It annoyed her, because she was from a similar background to Nick - she might be different in personality, but neither of them were rich and neither was Felicity.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie was so distracted by the fact that her parents were at the party; living with them had been the worst years of her life and the feelings and thoughts they put in her head were all rushing back tonight. "I think you're good standing as you are." She laughed, raising an eyebrow. "Although I'd watch your elbows on the table." She teased, rolling her eyes. She hated all of the rules and regulations these people had, even at a party. She knew that she didn't belong here, even if her name said differently.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Well, if you get hungry then - you should try one of these bad boys. Delicious. And tiny enough that I could eat like... ten and it would be a normal portion." Gabe grinned, mimicking a chefs kiss as he finished the last little bit of food. It wasn't often he got to go to a party like this - not unless Clancy was involved somehow, so this was an exciting night for him. "And you'll get to be a bridesmaid right?!" He laughed. "That'll be so cool. Like a royal wedding or something." He couldn't wait to see Nick get married.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "I thought so. This is like - their dream event, isn't it?" Emilie laughed, raising an eyebrow. She was a pretty resilient person, she could deal with most types of people - with the exception of Mrs Gellar. "How're you feeling?" She asked him, her voice a little bit softer. She hadn't told Kurt where she was tonight, because she knew he'd want to come, but she wondered if Annabelle had told Vance - because one was as good as the other.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Both sound fucking terrible." Tommy smirked, raising an eyebrow. As much as he'd deny it, he was happy to see Florence here - and she obviously looked gorgeous. "Yeah, me too. Means we can liven things up a bit, doesn't it?" He smiled, raising an eyebrow. He didn't particularly care if Florence had a date - he didn't think it mattered. It always came down to those two, in the end.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick shook his head slightly as Izzy spoke. but he couldn't blame her. This was the first time that she had left Jeremiah and he had known that it would be hard for her. He was just glad that, at least, it gave them an excuse to get out of there. Nick raised an eyebrow as he heard Izzy. Sometimes, he forgot how much things had changed because he knew that, this time a few years ago, she would never want to leave a party early. "Yeah, sounds good."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Cornered me." Felicity nodded her head. She couldn't stop thinking about the fact that the majority of the people there, had also been at the wedding. She felt awful and she knew that, that feeling wasn't going to go away for most of the night. She was so excited for her best friend though. "Well - let them talk." She shrugged her shoulders slightly. Felicity liked to be the one to do the right thing, always. Which was why she struggled with everything that had happened. "No. That's absolutely not it and we both know it." Felicity had always loved Mr Fontaine but she had definitely lost a lot of respect for him after how he had treated Nick.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Yes, it's a good suit. You know that I like it. But it isn't this kind of level suit." Grace shrugged. It made sense to her and so she hoped that it at least made a little bit of sense to Freddie too. "Exactly. You're happy, I'm happy, that's all that mattered." Grace didn't think that it mattered what he wore, really. As long as he was comfortable. Though she wouldn't say it out loud, she was glad that she and Freddie were able to have a night away from the baby. It had felt like all of their focus had been on him, the last few months. "I am so happy that I get to now though, oh my god." She laughed.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie didn't understand this world. She didn't understand how someone could spend this much money on a party when she and Ellie were struggling to make ends meet some times. "A year, maybe even two." She shook her head ever so slightly. It seemed off to her that some people could have so much wealth when there were still people suffering. She smiled as she saw Ellies face looking at her brother. "It's nice to see, huh?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Spencer just didn't understand why Clancy had, had to cause an issue with his father. She was opinionated and that was one of the things he loved most about her, but it annoyed him that she thought she was allowed to speak to his dad like that, when Spencer would never dream of doing the same with hers. "Thank you." He sighed. If that was all that he was going to get, then he would take it. "Do you think the kids are okay?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo was worried about Edie. She seemed so different to him, tonight, and he knew that it was because she was out of her comfort zone here. He wished that he could do something to help her but he knew that this was her families world. There would be no escaping them tonight. "I am?" He asked with a laugh. He was trying to distract her, trying to get her to give her attention to him so she didn't have to think about her parents. "Elbows on the table. Got it. So many rules!"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Nothing that small could ever make up a normal portion for you, Gabe, don't pretend." Annabelle laughed as she shook her head slightly. She felt so much more like herself when she was with him, than she ever had when she was with Vance. She hated these kinds of events but her brother looked happy and that was all that she could really hope for. "I think so, I dunno." She shrugged, it wasn't like Izzy had mentioned anything to her. "You're gonna be one of the groomsmen though. For sure." She nodded. She knew how much her brother liked Gabe.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Mhm. Attention isn't on them so no-one can see how fucking dysfunctional they are." Link was sure that his mother and father were on the verge of a divorce, they had been for years. if it wasn't for the fact that it would look bad, Link probably wouldn't have even been on the planet. They did everything like a life was a paint by numbers, how things were 'supposed' to be. And it drove him crazy. "I'm fine, why?" He asked, as he looked to Emilie. He didn't want to admit anything else.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "The fancy parties aren't so bad. Depends who else is there." Florence shrugged her shoulders as she smirked at Tommy. She knew that, sooner rather than later, he was going to pull her completely back in again, if he hadn't already, and she already hated herself for it. "Like how, exactly?" Florence asked with a raise of an eyebrow. "What kind of ideas are in that head of yours, Morley?"

SC AM JM LO SD BA: Izzy knew it was very out of character for her to leave a party and if she wasn't still angry at her dad, she probably wouldn't want to leave early - but she couldn't help still being angry about the fact that he hadn't even wanted this engagement to happen in the first place. "It all feels really official now, doesn't it?" She looked up at Nick with a giggle, holding up her hand so that she could look at the ring. It had already felt real, but even more so now. She was so happy, even though she missed Jeremiah so much.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Jacob just wanted tonight to be about his sister, he didn't want to have to be faced with the disaster that had been his and Felicity's wedding, but it didn't seem like people were willing to let them forget it so easily. "Yeah, let them talk. They'll find somebody else to talk about soon enough." He chuckled, shaking his head. He sighed, though, as Felicity spoke about his father. "You don't know that, Fel." He was never willing to talk badly of the man.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Levels of suits... Don't be stupid." Freddie grumbled, shaking his head. He hated any event of this caliber, even though it was to celebrate one of his best friends. He was happy for Nick and he hoped they could celebrate another time - something more their style. "Better be." He grinned, joking as Grace said their happiness was all that mattered. It felt good to have a night away from Elias - he loved him so much, but he wasn't the kind of baby you could ever take your attention off. "Yeah, I bet. How's it feel?" He laughed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: If she was honest, Ellie hated this world. She hadn't liked the world she'd grown up in either and she understood wanting luxury, but she thought this was just ridiculous. "It's just rich people trying to show off how rich they are." She laughed, rolling her eyes. Growing up as she had, it felt almost wrong to her that anybody would have this kind of money. "Yeah, it is nice - don't get me wrong, I never thought he'd end up with her. But I'm happy for him."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: It frustrated Clancy that Spencer didn't seem to understand how unfair his father had been to Nick and it frustrated her even more that both he and Jacob seemed almost scared to ever dispute the things he said. She certainly wasn't going to hold back, even if Spencer wanted her to. "You're welcome." She said pointedly, but she smiled slightly as he asked about the kids. "Of course they are. They love staying at my grandparents." She reminded him; her parents usually looked after them, but of course - they were at the party too.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah, you must have a naturally rich stance." Edie chuckled distractedly, shrugging her shoulders. She so appreciated Theo trying to distract her, but she was itching to slip away and take something that would take the edge of a bit more. She could already hear her mothers comments on what she was wearing, or how she was behaving. "Too many rules. But that's the way with these people, right?"

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah, you're right... I was just trying to be polite." Gabe grinned, stuffing another one into his mouth happily. This kind of world amused him, if he was honest and he was so happy that his parents were here too. "You will be, Anna - you and your sisters and probably Clancy! It'll be so cool." He couldn't wait to see them all as bridesmaids. "I know! I mean, he hasn't asked me yet... But he better." He chuckled. He was really hoping to be one of Nick's groomsmen, he had known him for so long and always supported he and Izzy being together.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Oh, you definitely can." Emilie laughed, shaking her head. "You'd think they'd at least decline an invitation to a party where the sister in law of the bride was your dads bit on the side." She rolled her eyes. She thought the audacity of these people trying to pretend they were better than everybody else was crazy. "Just asking. I like to be nice sometimes. Keep everybody on their toes."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "So you've just been waiting for me to arrive, then?" Tommy smirked, raising an eyebrow. He wouldn't admit it, but he knew the reason he kept going back to Florence was because she had something over him that nobody else did. He could have most girls he wanted and yet he would always come back to this one. "That would be telling." He shrugged his shoulders. "You know I don't tell." Really, he had no idea what kind of trouble he was going to cause - but he knew he wasn't going to have a boring night, that was for sure. Not with all the people that were here.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick didn't know if he was really able to talk to Izzys dad. He felt so embarrassed about the way the man had treated him and like most of Nicks emotions, he was angry. He didn't want to have to listen to anything that the man had to say to him. Nick nodded his head with a laugh, "Yeah, all these rich people knowing about the engagement means it's real." He nudged her with a laugh.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity, like Jacob, wanted the night to be able Izzy. She was so excited for her best friend and she thought that Izzy deserved to have everything she wanted. "Exactly." Felicity nodded. "No? Of course I don't." Felicity shook her head. She would give Mr Fontaine the benefit of the doubt but she knew that he was only doing this because of appearances. It annoyed her that Jacob seemed to not see it too.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I'm not being stupid!" Grace snapped as she rolled her eyes. She didn't like that he seemed to completely dismiss her world when she had tried her hardest to fit into his. She thought that it was unfair that this was the most he could try. She knew that this party wasn't exactly to Freddie - or Nicks - style but she thought that the least they could do was pretend to have fun. "It's the best. I tell you, that first sip after he was born.. utter bliss." Grace laughed. She loved being a mum and she loved Elias but, compared to Jeremiah and Jesse, he was such a handful.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie had liked how she had grown up. They weren't rich but they weren't poor either. It had been good and comfortable and they didn't need anything more than what they had. "Yeah, I think that's exactly it." Charlie muttered with a nod of her head and a sigh. "I just can't believe that one family could have so much." She shook her head. It was so strange to her. "Oh, I bet. I don't think that anyone could have predicted those two."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: If he was completely honest, Spencer didn't think that his dad was out of his rights to say no to Nick. He was given the choice and Spencer didn't believe that his father should be punished for it. He shook his head as she bit back. He should've known, though, that Clancy wouldn't be happy about everything that had happened. "Yeah.. of course."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I dunno about that." Theo laughed as he shrugged his shoulders slightly. He was going to work hard and, maybe, get to a certain level of wealth but this seemed over the top to Theo .He didn't understand how some people could live like this. "Yeah. You'd know more than most, right?" He asked her with a small smile. It was hard to believe that Edie was ever from this world.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I know you too well." Annabelle laughed with a shrug of her shoulders. Annabelle knew that, now her brother was marrying a Fontaine, that she should probably expect more of this in her life, though she wasn't sure that she would especially look forward to any of it. She felt so weird. "It'll be cool depending on what Izzy tries to put me in." Annabelle shook her head slightly. It was so clear that the two had completely different styles. "You definitely will be." She nodded. SHe would be pretty annoyed at her brother if not.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link shrugged his shoulders, shuddering at the thought of Clancy and his father. "Yeah, well, not many people actually know about that so they have no reason to decline, do they?" He shook his head. He found it all ridiculous but Link knew that he would never amount to much without their help. He needed them and he couldn't afford to be cut off. "Yeah - that's the most shocking thing you've ever said."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I wouldn't say that at all." Florence shook her head. She would never give Tommy the satisfaction of hearing exactly what it was that he wanted to hear. She would much rather play around a little. She did wonder, though, how long it would be until the two of them stopped messing around. It was clear how much they liked on another. "I look forward to finding out what you've got planned, then."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "That's not what I meant." Izzy rolled her eyes, laughing softly. "I just mean like, celebrating it with all of our friends - I don't care what the rich people think. I don't even know who most of them are." She admitted with a laugh. These parties had been everything to her when she was a little bit younger; she had loved all the attention and she still did, but she was annoyed that her dad got to be the guy who had thrown the party and done the most, when he hadn't even wanted them to be engaged. "Any thoughts on a best man yet?" She smiled.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "I'm not saying that you specifically don't, I just mean... Well, neither of us do." Jacob sighed, shrugging his shoulders. "He might have the best intentions, he might've changed his mind." Since they were little, the three Fontaine children had been raised to have the most respect for their father. He had raised them alone - with the help of various nannies, after their mother had decided that she didn't want to be around anymore and it was hard for them to look past that and see any flaws his father might have.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Freddie rolled his eyes as Grace snapped at him. He didn't see how she couldn't understand how completely ridiculous this whole world was. "Well, if we get fucking married then I'm not doing anything like this." He told her, shrugging his shoulders. He thought Nick was a better man than him, because Freddie would absolutely refuse to be the center of anything like this. He laughed as she spoke about alcohol though, nodding his head. It was how he felt most times he drank, to be honest. "Well, make the most of it tonight while my parents have the devil child, then." He laughed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Ellie had always envied Charlie's family and childhood; even when they were little, it was what she'd always wanted - and what she wanted their family to be, whether they had kids or not. "Yeah, me either... Fucking mental. I wouldn't feel right having all of this, when there are people that have nothing." She shook her head. "Not even the fucking Mayans." She laughed, raising an eyebrow. "Kind of works though, doesn't it?"

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "You should be careful or they're gonna sweep you up as one of their own." Edie smiled, raising her eyebrows mysteriously. She knew her parents would love Theo if they met him again now he was older - he was so perfect, but they still wouldn't like that he didn't come from money and that infuriated her. "Yeah, you're telling me... The goal is to forget it all, though." She laughed bitterly.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Better than anybody." Gabe agreed, shooting Annabelle a cheesy grin. He was so happy to get to spend time with her tonight, without Vance here - she was back to being his best friend again, the Annabelle he loved more than anybody. "I don't think she's stupid enough to put you in anything too terrible. It might be pink, though." He teased, nudging her gently. He couldn't imagine what the bridesmaids would be wearing. "Do you think Nick will wear a fancy suit?" He laughed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Other than a total lack of pride, I guess not." Emilie laughed quietly. She didn't know how Link's mother did it - she would go crazy if she had to look at the person who had essentially been the other woman. She would definitely end up making a scene, she knew that. "What can I say? I'm full of surprises." She laughed, rolling her eyes. She was enjoying getting to spend some time with her best friend, by herself. She loved being around Edie and Annabelle, but especially Link.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "You don't have to say anything." Tommy smirked, shaking his head. Knowing that Florence would always want him more than the guy she kept bringing along to these things was something he very much enjoyed. "Oh, you should." He laughed softly. "Where's your square of a date, then? Asking about the brands of sparkling water?" He teased, rolling his eyes as he looked around to spot Harrison.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick smiled slightly as Izzy said that she didn't care about all the rich people. He thought that this was actually kind of refreshing. "Yeah, it's nice to celebrate with them." He nodded. His friends were the family that Nick had always wanted. He liked that they were all there to celebrate with him, even if this wasn't exactly something that he was used to. He sighed as she asked about best man, "I'm stuck." He laughed. "Maybe Freddie.."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity shook her head, "This is why he thinks it's okay to be liked this with people though, Jacob. Neither you nor your brother stand up to him. He thinks he can treat people however he likes because of that." Felicity had the utmost respect for her parents but if they had done something like this, she would've made sure that they heard about it. "Nick is supposed to be your friend. Are you really telling me it doesn't bother you that your dad said no to him?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "If?" Grace questioned. She had thought it would be pretty obvious by now that this was it for both of them and she didn't like that Freddie didn't seem to be certain... either that or he didn't know if he wanted to get married at all and that was almost worse for Grace. She knew that she wouldn't want something like this either. Her parents on the other hand... "Don't call him that!" Grace laughed with a shake of her head and a laugh, "But I absolutely will. A whole night to ourselves. However will we celebrate?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie never wanted to let Ellie feel uncomfortable. "We can leave whenever you want, yeah?" She said to her. She would, if she was honest, rather be at home with Ellie anyway. She loved Ellie so so much and she hoped the other knew that. "They do. They make a lot of sense. Opposites attract, right?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow and a smile.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I hope not. I think I'm gonna have to stick with you. You'll protect me, right?" Theo asked with a laugh. He wanted to be there for her no matter what. Theo thought that Edie was one of the most important people in his life, even if he hadn't really told her any of that recently. "Forget it all?" He asked with a raise of an eyebrow. He couldn't help but be a little concerned as to how she thought that she could distract herself from it.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Exactly." Annabelle laughed as she nodded her head. She knew that Vance would not like her being there, spending time with Gabe as a pair but that was why she hadn't told him. She was getting sick of how he treated her but she didn't think that she could ever actually mention that to him. She was too afraid of how he might react. She knew that he had to decide to be done with her. "I swear I'll throw up if it's pink." Annabelle laughed with a shake of her head. "He won't have a choice, will he?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "You forget, as long as everything looks okay from the outside, that's all they care about." Link rolled his eyes. Most of the time, he wished that his parents would just separate, properly. But he didn't think that, that would actually happen. They were too stubborn and cared too much about what everyone else thought of them. "you don't have to tell me. I know you are." Link felt most like the old him when he was with Emilie. He didn't feel quite so crazy.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence rolled her eyes. She knew that it wasn't fair to drag along some other guy but she was waiting for Tommy to tell her that he wanted to be with her. He knew that she wanted to be with him ,that was what was so frustrating. "Oh my god, shut up." Florence laughed with a shake of her head, "He's with my parents. I came to get drinks and they haven't noticed it's been about half an hour since I was over there, yet."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: It was strange for Izzy to realise that events like this had been her whole life just a couple of years ago, when she didn't really care that much anymore. She had quickly figured out the things that were important to her and the things that weren't so much. "You're stuck?" She laughed, raising an eyebrow. "I thought Freddie would've been the obvious choice!" She didn't care who Nick chose, it was completely down to him, but she had definitely thought Freddie would've swept the title straight away. The two of them seemed a lot closer to her than Nick did to his other friends.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "That's not why." Jacob sighed, shaking his head. He would refuse to believe that he or Spencer had anything to do with it. "There's no reason for Spencer and I to get involved, it wouldn't have changed anything." He told Felicity, as though that was what counted. "It doesn't matter if it bothers me, they're getting engaged anyway - isn't that what counts? Everybody gets their way now." He wished they could just forget about it, now everything had turned out for the best.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "What? We aren't even engaged yet. When, then." Freddie laughed, rolling his eyes. He had no doubt that he would spend the rest of his life with Grace and no real aversion to getting married, but he just didn't really care when it happened. It hadn't been on his mind, he wasn't sure when he'd propose - he was happy with what they had right now. "Hey, I'm saying it with all the love in the fucking world - but he is the devil child." He laughed, but it was obvious how much love he had for his son. "I'm sure we'll come up with something." He smiled, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah, I know." Ellie smiled, reaching to squeeze Charlie's hand. She was so in love with the other Saracen girl and knew that she probably wouldn't have lasted five minutes here without her by her side. "Apparently so." She laughed, shrugging her shoulders. "Wonder if he'll invite mum to the wedding." She muttered. That was what had been on her mind since they'd announced the engagement.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah, I'll make sure they don't take you to the dark side." Edie laughed, nodding her head. For her, it really was as simple as these people being bad - because it was all she'd been brought up around. Her parents weren't nice people, so that was what she associated that lifestyle with. "Yeah, forget it all. If I could. Then I would." She said simply, taking a sip of her drink. She didn't realise how toxic that mindset was. She knew that if she could forget everything about the life she was supposed to lead, about what she was born into then she would.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "You can't throw up on somebody's wedding day! I'll get you some tinted glasses, so everything looks black. You'll look cool and you won't throw up. Win win." Gabe laughed, shrugging his shoulders as though the answer was obvious. "I guess not, but he's gonna hate that." He grinned. He could only imagine Nick's reaction to having to wear a suit that probably cost more than the rest of his wardrobe put together.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Of course, how could I have looked past that?" Emilie laughed, rolling her eyes as Link did. She was so glad, not for the first time, that she didn't come from a family like this. She didn't think she had the patience. "Just thought I'd remind you." She smirked, shrugging her shoulders. She was happy that he seemed pretty good tonight; she knew that things were still rocky for him, but he really seemed like himself tonight.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Never." Tommy laughed, shaking his head. He always felt right around Florence; like an authentic version of himself, not the one he often put on for people he needed to make an impression on. She already knew him. "Ah, so he's attentive as well as interesting?" He laughed, rolling his eyes. He couldn't understand how somebody like Florence could put up with somebody as boring as Harrison.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick had never and would never really understand this whole lifestyle. If he wasn't so in love with Izzy, he knew that he would never deal with all of this. But he knew what this meant for her, for her family and he wanted to at least pretend to tolerate stuff like this. He shrugged at her question, "I love Freddie, you know I do. I just -" He shrugged his shoulders, "I owe a lot to your brother too." Nick had surprised himself with how much he and Jacob got along. But he had also made him feel so welcome in the family.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity shook her head, "It wouldn't? You don't think that your father wouldn't listen if you had something to say to him?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow and a sigh. "Of course it isn't. They're getting engaged and your father thinks it's okay to treat him awfully and then he throws this party? It's not fair." Felicity would usually let it go but this had almost caused her best friend so much happiness. "I just don't understand what is that different between me and Clancy, and Nick. That's all."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Yeah, i'm well aware we're not engaged." Grace laughed bitterly. She knew that she shouldn't but she wished that she could get that to Freddie without sounding completely bitter. She wanted to marry Freddie, especially now the two of them had Elias. "Well he's your son so of course he is." She rolled her eyes with a laugh. She loved their child and the dynamic the three of them had. It was so nice. "I think so too." She laughed with a nod of her head as she wrapped her arm around Freddies waist.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie smiled slightly as Ellie reached for her hand. She liked that they were able to be together like this in public. She liked that Ellie seemed comfortable with it all too. "Do you think he will?" Charlie asked. She didn't think that she would be especially comfortable with having to see the woman. But she also knew that it would be Nicks decision and he was the closest to Mrs Gellar.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Thank you. I owe you." Theo laughed with a nod of his head. He didn't really see anyone as bad. He just thought that these people were very different than anyone else they knew. He didn't understand people like these though. "I know you would." Theo nodded. He felt bad for Edie. He wished that she could've had an upbringing like his. "Are you sure that you're okaY?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I absolutely can. If she puts me in pink, then i'm throwing a bigger tantrum than Jeremiah would ever throw." And Annabelle really hoped that Izzy knew that. she was definitely worried about what the other would want her to wear. "But I'll take the shades." Annabelle laughed with a nod of her head. She couldn't wait to celebrate her brothers wedding with Gabe, she just had no idea if they would actually be able to spend time together. She didn't know how Annabelle would be able to convince Vance not to go with her. "He will absolutely hate it."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Because it's insane. They're insane." Link laughed with a nod of his head. He wished that he would be able to branch out on his own but he was scared and he knew that it would be far too hard for him to do it. So he would just deal. He'd roll on with whatever he had. Link wrapped an arm around Emilies shoulders with a laugh, "You continue to surprise me, Horowitz." He chuckled.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Didn't think that you would." Florence smiled as she looked at him. She cared so much about him, she knew that. And if she let herself think about it for too long, she knew that she would realise that he is the love of her life. Though she was scared of admitting it. "What would you know about being attentive?" Florence asked with a raise of an eyebrow and a laugh.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Izzy listened as Nick spoke about his best man; it made her sad that he felt he owed Jacob anything at all, just because he'd been decent towards him. "You don't owe him anything." She shook her head, looking up at him with a little smile. "He's your friend, just like Freddie is. Either one would make a great best man." She smiled, slipping her hand into his. She definitely thought Freddie made more sense, but she wouldn't say that unless he asked. She thought Jacob would have no idea what to do for the bachelor party of his sisters fiance.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Jacob sighed. He didn't like that Felicity seemed to be pushing this when it was already done. It had happened, it was too late. "But why do I need to have something to say to him? He can make up his own mind, Fel. I can't change that." He shook his head. "Nick asked for his approval - and he said no. I personally would've said yes, you know that. But he asked." He sighed, scratching his head. He didn't really believe that, not at all, but it was so against his nature to go against his father. "No, neither do I." He sighed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "What's that supposed to mean?" Freddie laughed, raising an eyebrow. He wasn't ready to get married and he knew that; he thought twenty five was still pretty young to be having a kid, never mind getting married. "Yeah, makes sense doesn't it?" He grinned. He knew that any child he and Grace had was always going to be a handful, but Elias was more than that. He wondered what he was going to be like when he got a bit older and could actually vocalize his feelings.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Ellie hated thinking back to the times that she and Charlie had kept their relationship a secret - it wasn't even that long ago, but it made her sick now. Remembering how judged she'd felt all the time, hiding who she was. It was one of the reasons she never wanted to speak to her mother again. She sighed. "I don't know. I hope not, obviously - but Nick still sees her, doesn't he? So maybe." She shrugged her shoulders. "She'll ruin it. If he invites her, she'll ruin it." She had absolutely no doubt about that - and she would relish in it.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Nah, you don't." Edie smiled, shaking her head. She was the one that owed Theo, she thought. Even if he didn't realise it, he helped her so much - but she didn't know if she could ever put her baggage on him again, even though she knew she was still in love with him. "Yeah. I'm fine." She muttered, raising an eyebrow. "I need another drink. Do you want one?" She couldn't afford to be sober, not tonight. She knew it would just end badly.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Are you sure? That kid can really throw a tantrum." Gabe laughed, raising an eyebrow. He had only witnessed one or two from Jeremiah, but they had definitely been memorable. "I doubt she'll put you in pink, though - mostly 'cause I don't think any of you, Ellie or Bex would accept it." He laughed. "I feel like the whole getting married thing might take the heat off." He smiled. He had never thought Nick would get married, but here they were.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "And somehow you turned out semi-normal? So weird." Emilie smirked, rolling her eyes. She knew Link had his issues - there was no denying that, but she thought he'd turned out pretty well considering how crazy his parents lives were. She laughed as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders, wrapping hers around his waist. "Always will. It's part of the charm, yeah?" She grinned, shaking her head. She was having a good night, all things considered and she knew it was because of him.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Say what you want, but at least I'd notice if you weren't there." Tommy shrugged his shoulders. He didn't understand how somebody could be here with someone like Florence and not pay her as much attention as possible. He knew he couldn't really talk, but he wasn't her date - and yet here he was, not able to leave her. "I'll get you a drink instead, then? Show you what a gentleman I am." He chuckled, raising an eyebrow. He didn't know what it was, but he didn't feel like leaving her tonight.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick had appreciated Jacobs friendship so much. He had been the only one that had made him feel welcome as Izzys boyfriend. He appreciated that more than he could ever say. He shrugged his shoulders. He wondered if Freddie would expect it. He thought that he would expect it if it was Grace and Freddie getting married. "So you think Freddie?" Nick asked with a raise of an eyebrow. He definitely valued her opinion.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity shook her head as Jacob spoke but she wasn't going to say anything else on the subject, at least not while they were at the engagement party. "Fine." She muttered. She could see that there was no point in talking about it anymore. He had made up his mind and it really wound her up. She thought that Nick was worth more than, that.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Just that I'm well aware that we're not engaged." Grace shrugged. In her world, it was still a pretty big scandal that she had a kid before she had gotten married. She was trying her hardest to not let it get to her. She knew he wasn't ready. "It absolutely does." Grace laughed with a nod of his head. She was so intrigued as to what he was going to be like when he got older. She thought that Elias was going to be such a force and she couldn't wait to see it.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie would never hold any of the secret stuff against Ellie. She thought that if she needed the time, then Charlie would've always given her it. She loved her so much. She nodded as she listened to her. She would hate it if that happened, if he gave his mother the benefit of the doubt and she ruined it all. "Surely he knows that though, right?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo tilted his head slightly as he looked at Edie. He felt so sad that she thought that he was owed something from her. Even though he hadn't said it, he was still so in love with Edie and he wished that she knew it. He wished he was brave enough to tell her just how much he loved her. "I'm good thank you." Theo shook his head.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Oh yeah, they haven't seen anything yet." Annabelle laughed with a nod of her head. She loved Jeremiah a lot. He was her nephew and she knew that she would be there for him if he needed anything, like she would with any of the kids that her siblings ended up having. "We absolutely would not. She must know that." She shook her head slightly. "Maybe. I guess we'll see. It'll be interesting though."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I think that has more to do with you guys, than them." Link muttered with a shrug of his shoulders. He would never really describe himself as normal, not recently. But he thought that any of the things about him that could be normal, would be because of Emilie, Tommy and Gabe. "Yeah, something like that." He laughed with a nod of his head.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "That is true." Florence nodded. She bit back the urge to say something about him finding entertainment elsewhere. She didn't want to ruin it. They were having such a good time. "Yeah, sounds like a plan." She laughed with a nod of her head. She was looking forward to spending some time with Tommy. She thought that they always had a lot of fun together.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: If she was honest, Izzy didn't know if either of her brothers should really have Nick's gratitude when neither of them had stood up to her father, but that wasn't something she was going to say now. "I think... Whichever one you want." She laughed, shrugging her shoulders. "But Freddie will throw you a better bachelor party. Jacob's will be something like this." She laughed, raising an eyebrow. She didn't think Jacob would have a clue what the other boys would enjoy - not one. Freddie was definitely more on Nick's wavelength and she knew that for sure. She also thought he would be a better comfort for Nick, on the day.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Jacob sighed as Felicity spoke; they very rarely argued and he hated that they'd disagreed on something like this. He knew it was far from ideal, but Izzy and Nick were getting engaged - he didn't see the big deal. Everybody had gotten their way now and the plans were well on their way. He knew his dad wasn't always the easiest person to deal with, but he always thought he was doing the best by his children.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Well that's good, then. It'd be weird if you thought we were." Freddie laughed, joking. Marriage just didn't seem like big a deal to him - his parents had never been married and had no plans to be, but they were happier than most couples he knew. He would get married if Grace wanted to, one day, but just not quite yet. He was happy to leave that to their friends for now. "You know, if we have anymore then he'll either be a fucking great big brother or he'll terrorize the shit out of them." He laughed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Ellie would always be grateful that Charlie had given her the time she needed; and she thought they were probably stronger now, because of it. "Yeah, I think he does. But I dunno - it's not like my dad's around anymore, is it? If he doesn't have her, he's only got us as his family." She shrugged her shoulders. She really, really hoped that he didn't invite their mother, though. For Ellie, her three siblings and the Saracens were all the family she needed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Okay - I'll just be a sec." Edie smiled, walking over to the bar as inconspicuously as she could, not wanting her parents to spot her. She kept her hair over her face, as though that would stop them from seeing her. It didn't take her long to get served and make it back to the table. "Hey - made it back without being intercepted." She laughed, sipping her drink. It wasn't quite enough, but it was something.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "I very much believe you, Belle." Gabe grinned - he had seen some trophy worthy tantrums from Annabelle, that was for sure. "I should start a list of your kick-offs, I feel like I could make it into a comedy series or something." He laughed, obviously teasing her. "Definitely. And hey - he's the first one of you all to get married!" He smiled. He didn't think Ellie and Charlie would be long either, but he didn't want to jinx it.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Are you seriously trying to tell me that you learned to be normal from Gabe and Tommy?" Emilie laughed, raising an eyebrow. It was obvious how much love she had for the two boys, though. She thought their group was more family than friends at this point - they all knew each other inside out. "I think it makes sense." She laughed with a shrug of her shoulders.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "What do you want, then?" Tommy smiled, raising an eyebrow as he leaned across the bar and ordered his own drink. He wondered what he would be doing tonight if Florence wasn't here and he didn't think he'd be having as much fun. It did occur to him, sometimes, that if he wanted to feel like this more then they could just make things official again - but he didn't know if that would just suck the fun out of it all.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick laughed slightly as Izzy spoke, "That is definitely a good point. I don't think I could deal with my bachelor party being like this." He shook his head. He hadn't even thought about that. But Nick was sure that Izzy was right. Freddie should be his best man and he already couldn't wait to tell his friend. "Are you gonna ask Fel in some elaborate way?" He asked. He didn't think he needed to ask her who she was going to ask to be her maid of honour.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity didn't like disagreeing with Jacob but she definitely felt like his father disapproving of Nick, was also a dig at her and her sister. She didn't think that, that was fair. Mr Fontaine had welcomed her and Clancy with open arms. "What if your father had said no to you proposing to me?" She asked Jacob as she turned to him. She knew that it was a different thing entirely but she wanted to know what he would say to that hypothetical.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Grace rolled her eyes, even though she knew that he was joking with her. Her father already didn't like Freddie very much. She didn't like that there was just another thing that he got to have over Freddie now that they weren't married. "I think he'll probably do both, somehow." Grace laughed with a shrug of her shoulders. She was really unsure if she actually wanted another or not, "Do you want more?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie would always do anything to make things easier for Ellie. She loved her so much and there was no way that she wouldn't do anything to make sure that she was okay. Charlie had always been that kind of way, though. "And you three are more than enough." Charlie shrugged her shoulders, "Besides - you know the Saracens love you guys as though you were family."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo nodded. He wondered if he should've gone with her, to barricade her if her parents were going to corner her... though when he heard her, he smiled, "That's good." He laughed. "Do you think you're gonna talk to them tonight?" He asked her. He would never judge her decision though. He thought she was more than entitled to do whatever she wanted to do.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I thought you might." Annabelle laughed with a nod of her head. She knew that she could throw a tantrum and she liked that Gabe found the funny side of it all. "You definitely could. But I'd have to have some sort of cut since i'm the muse." She laughed as she shrugged her shoulders. "He's the first one! And hopefully Ellie and Charlie are next. I think I might die if Bex told me she was engaged." Annabelle laughed. She definitely didn't want to get married any time soon, if at all.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I mean - they're kind of normal? Tommy definitely is." Link laughed with a nod of his head. He loved his friends. They had helped him out so much and he didn't think that he would ever be able to repay them for all that they had done for him. "You want a drink?" He asked as he looked down at Emilie. He definitely thought that he needed something to get him through.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Are you actually asking what my drink is?" Florence asked him with a raise of an eyebrow. She had thought that the two of them had known one another for long enough that he would know what she liked to drink. Florence wondered what Tommy would do if Florence turned around and told him that she was actually done. She didn't think that he would know what to do. Though she knew that it probably wouldn't happen.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah, that's what I thought - and Jacob would have no idea what to do. The only best man he's ever been is Spencer's, so." Izzy laughed, rolling her eyes. Of course, she hadn't been on Spencer's bachelor party - but she could only imagine how boring it would've been. She laughed as he spoke about Felicity, shrugging her shoulders. "I haven't figured it out yet. I mean, she already knows - but I will ask her. Somehow." She smiled. She wanted it to be special, she just wasn't sure what she would do yet.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "I thought we were done with this?" Jacob asked, raising an eyebrow. Really, he thought it was unfair of Felicity to ask that when she had walked out on the wedding. It definitely got his back up. "I'm going to get a drink. We can talk when you're done asking ridiculous questions." He snapped, shaking his head before he moved over to the bar. He didn't think it particularly mattered what his father would've said, seeing as they hadn't ended up married anyway.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Freddie knew that Grace's father didn't like him, but he didn't see how getting married would change that - it would never, in the world he came from ... But sometimes he still struggled to come to terms with just how different he and Grace were. "Yeah, so do I." He laughed. He loved Elias so much - he was such a character already. "I dunno, really. Maybe. See how this one turns out first, yeah?" He laughed, raising an eyebrow. He would probably have more, if they both wanted to. Elias was enough for now, though.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah, I know - that's why you're all here tonight, yeah?" Ellie smiled, wrapping an arm around Charlie's waist. She loved that the whole of the Saracen family had come to support Nick - she truly felt closer to Lea and Peter than she ever had to her own mum and dad, even as a kid.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie looked at Theo as he asked if she was going to speak to her parents, shaking her head. "No, not tonight." Or any night, if she could help it. When she had been younger, it had been easy to pretend that her parents just wanted the best for her - but as she got older, it was like they had done anything possible to make her unhappy. They didn't like who she was becoming, they didn't like anything about her - so she had nothing to say to them. "If I have a choice, anyway."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "I'd definitely give you a cut - if I made it a series, you could even play you." Gabe laughed, raising his eyebrows as though he was offering a massive treat. "I think it would make a great series, honestly. Your highlights." He chuckled. "I could definitely see them being next - although they're still pretty young, right?" He shrugged his shoulders. "It better not be Bex, I'd feel about one hundred years old if it was!"

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "It's fucking coming to something when me and Tommy are probably the most normal people you have." Emilie laughed, rolling her eyes. She knew they were all a little bit dysfunctional, but that was why they fit together so well. They looked out for each other. "Please." She smiled as he asked if she wanted a drink, nodding her head. "I'll wait here." She needed to text Kurt, to keep up the pretense that she was at home.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "I asked what you wanted." Tommy shrugged his shoulders. He wanted to spend time with her tonight, he wanted to have fun but he wasn't going to play the doting boyfriend - he didn't ever want to do that. "Or are you going to be boring and have the same drink you always get?" He smirked as he turned to look at her.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "That's enough to put anyone off them, isn't it?" Nick asked with a raise of an eyebrow and a laugh. He liked Jacob... the same could not be said about Spencer. He thought that her eldest brother was a bit of a snob and definitely not someone that Nick would ever really get along with. "So you're wanting to do something though? To ask her?" He asked with a raise of an eyebrow.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity rolled her eyes as Jacob spoke again. She didn't like how he seemed to throw a bit of a tantrum. "Whatever, Jacob." She muttered with a shake of her head and a sigh. She didn't think that she had asked anything out of the realm of reasonable. She smiled slightly as she saw Clancy on her own and quickly moved over to her sister, "Hey!" She chimed. She didn't think that she wanted to speak to jacob any time soon.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Grace and her father didn't particularly had a great relationship. It wasn't bad either but they just didn't really have one. She hoped that Freddie was closer with their kids, she hoped that she was as well. She would be so interested in seeing Elias as a big brother. That was almost enough for her to want another one. The red head shrugged her shoulders with a laugh. "Yeah, sounds good."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Exactly. You know that we all love you guys." Charlie smiled as she wrapped her arm around Ellies shoulder. She knew that her family would always hold the Gellar in the highest regard and she loved that Ellie would have good parents in law. "I love you." She laughed as she kissed her girlfriends cheek.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo nodded his head. He, of course, knew that Edie and her parents did not get along. And he couldn't really make her deal with that. It confused him how parents could have such difficult relationships with their children when Theo had the best kind of relationship with his, even more so after his brother had died. "Then you don't have to. I'll act as a buffer."

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NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Oh my god, yes. I will definitely play me if it becomes a series. No-one could be a better me, than me." Annabelle laughed as she nodded her head. She loved talking to Gabe. He made her laugh and that was all that she could hope for anymore. "You think I'm worthy? I love it." She smiled. "I dunno - they are but they're like, grossly in love." She rolled her eyes. "You would? I'm her big sister! I might scream if she dares."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Perhaps but we both know that it's the truth, don't we?" Link asked with a raise of an eyebrow. He had known for a long time that Emilie and Tommy were the most normal people that he knew. Link knew that, with the six of them, they would do anything for one another. He liked that. Link nodded, "Alright. Won;t be long." He muttered as he moved over to the bar.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence rolled her eyes slightly as Tommy spoke. This was why the two of them didn't get together ... because they were just bad for one another sometimes. "I'll have a long island ice tea." She muttered with a shrug of her shoulders and a roll of her eyes. "Besides - looks like we're here for a while, doesn't it?"

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Izzy giggled at Nick's comments about her brother, nodding her head. "Yeah, that part of his brain probably shut down from boredom." She rolled her eyes. Freddie was definitely the better choice, it seemed clear to her. She did love that Nick and Jacob were friends, though. "Yeah, of course - I just need to figure out what!" She was never going to ask Felicity in a boring way, she just wanted to make sure it was special enough before she did it.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy smiled as she saw her sister coming over, waving her hand slightly. She was happy to see her, to be honest - she was finding the party a little insufferable. She was used to these kind of events, but seeing Mr. Fontaine pretend that he had done nothing wrong was infuriating her. "Hi! Good night?" She smiled, raising an eyebrow. She knew Felicity was just as angry as she was.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Freddie chuckled softly. He knew that Elias was going to take up a lot of their time; he wasn't exactly an easy kid, but he definitely wouldn't say no to having anymore. He just wanted to give Elias all of their time for now. "Besides, I think he'd be jealous if he had to share you with anybody else." He chuckled. It was obvious how much their little boy loved Grace already.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah and we love you." Ellie smiled, nodding her head. The Saracens had always pretty much been parents to the four of them. "I love you." She replied with a little laugh - it was still so weird to get to be out in the open with Charlie, that people weren't actually judging them like she'd always thought they would. The only judgement she'd had so far was from her own mother.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie knew that Theo had the best kind of relationship with his parents and to be honest, she envied it a little bit. It was obvious how much his parents loved him and she had never had that. "You don't have to do that, Theo... They'll swoop down on you." She laughed, rolling her eyes. She wouldn't want Theo to have to put up with her parents just because of her.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "I totally agree. Who would you want to play you, though? If it had to be someone else?" Gabe smiled, curious to the answer. He loved that he and Annabelle always had something to talk about, they never grew tired of being around each other. "Definitely worthy. It'd be a hit." He chuckled. He always had the best time around Annabelle. "I don't think you'll have to worry about that for a long time, though."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "It's the truth, but it's insane." Emilie laughed, raising an eyebrow. She thought there were definitely more normal people than her and Tommy out there - although they, along with Gabe, probably had the most normal backgrounds. She nodded her head as he went off to get the drinks, quickly pulling out her phone to text Kurt. She knew that she shouldn't lie to him, but it was just so much easier than admitting where she was and who she was with.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy ordered Florence's drink and passed it over to her with a little smirk. He liked knowing that he got under her skin, even just a little bit. "You are, I suppose - if your parents are here. I can leave whenever I want to. Annabelle had to push for me and Link to be invited anyway." He chuckled, rolling his eyes.

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NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick nodded slightly. He liked Jacob a lot but he had been so surprised by how much he did. The two were polar opposites and shouldn't have much to talk about at all... But Nick definitely saw Jacob as one of his best friends now. He was just glad that he had Freddie, too, someone who understood him a little more. "I look forward to hearing about it." Nick muttered with a laugh. He thought that however Izzy decided to do it, it was going to be good.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Like Clancy, Felicity was finding the party a little difficult. Of course she was loving the excuse to celebrate her best friend and the love she had for Nick ... but the fact that Mr Fontaine was the one that had thrown it, left a bitter taste. She shrugged. "it's okay." She sat down next to Clancy, "Are you?" She asked. She wondered if she and Spencer were the same as Felicity and jacob.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Just think of us as your family. It's going to be true eventually, right?" Charlie asked with a raise of an eyebrow. Ellie was her second serious relationship but she was sure that this was it. She loved the other so much and she wanted to spend her life with her. She was her best friend. She kissed her girlfriends cheek quickly with a laugh/

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo shrugged his shoulders slightly as Edie spoke, "I don't mind, if it means that you'll be okay." He would always give himself so that Edie was okay and he hoped that she knew that. "But you don't have to see them so it's alright- you wanna go talk to some of the others?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Emilie." Annabelle laughed before she shrugged her shoulders slightly. "Who knows me better than her? Except maybe you." She loved Gabe and she loved that he could get into her head, without even her having to say something. He would know what she was thinking, without her even saying it. "Oh for sure. As long as they get the tantrums right." She shrugged her shoulders with a laugh. "I better not. But who knows - Andy and her are pretty close." She nudged her friend with a laugh.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link shrugged his shoulders. He really appreciated his friends. He thought that they were some of the best people and he was glad that he had them. He quickly got himself and Emilie their drink and moved back over to her, "Here you go, my lady." Link chuckled as he passed her the drink. "I think my mums noticed that we're here.." He muttered with a shake of his head.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Thank you." Florence smiled as Tommy passed her the drink. She was pretty sure that she got under Tommys skin too, she definitely enjoyed the idea of that. "If you want to but I'm sure you're not gonna leave till you've wrecked some havok, right?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow and a laugh. She knew him too well, she was almost certain.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "You should be - whatever I do, it's going to be good." Izzy laughed. She had been Felicity's maid of honour, of course and now she was so excited that Felicity got to be hers. She wanted to make it as special for the girl as she had felt when she was at her wedding. "And I still need to ask your sisters to be my bridesmaids." She smiled. She didn't have any sisters of her own, but Felicity and Grace were as close as it came.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy shrugged her shoulders as Felicity asked her the same question. "Not particularly. I can't stand looking at his smug face and I'm so sick of the boys confusing their fear of him for respect." She rolled her eyes. Felicity was probably one of the only people she'd be so candid with, because she knew she felt the same way. Of all her siblings, she felt closest to Felicity, even though they were so fundamentally different.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Will it?" Ellie asked with a little smile, looking at Charlie with a raise of an eyebrow. She liked hearing that Charlie thought this was it, because so did she. She had never been in a serious relationship before - she had been in relationships where the other person thought it was serious, but that had been before she admitted that it was girls she was interested in. This was it for her, she knew that. She wrapped an arm around her girlfriends shoulders as she kissed her cheek.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie shook her head as Theo spoke, but she was smiling - she would never stop feeling like he was far too good for her. "Yeah, we'll go and see Annabelle?" She raised an eyebrow, spotting her friends across the room. She knew that Annabelle would probably be ready for something a little bit stronger than a drink, as well. She wouldn't feel so bad doing it with somebody else.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Oh, good choice - I feel like her approach would be a bit too aggressive though. I'd be a way better choice... But the height might be a bit of an issue." Gabe laughed, pulling a face as he looked down at his best friend. "Oh what, you think it's like that?" He laughed as she spoke about Bex. He had wondered before if he saw something there, but then people always said the same about he and Annabelle, so he hadn't thought too much into it.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie smiled and slipped her phone back into her bag as Link came back over with their drinks; she just wanted to enjoy herself tonight and she was. "Thank you, kind sir." She laughed, rolling her eyes as she took the drink, taking a sip. She groaned as he said his mum had spotted them. "Ugh, for gods sake. Is me being here going to make it better or worse?" She laughed. She still couldn't fully figure out his mothers opinion of her and she didn't want to make it any worse.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy laughed, shaking his head. Florence knew him so well, it was almost uncanny sometimes. "You know me too well." He smiled, raising an eyebrow. He didn't really plan on causing trouble, but he thought a little bit of drama was important for any party. "Where's your date now, then? He always provides me with some entertainment."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "That's for sure." Nick laughed. He was sure that it wouldn't be something he would ever think up but he was almost certain that Felicity was going to love it. He wondered how the wedding was going to be and although he knew that Izzy would have the most control, like he would like it to be, he was looking forward to marrying her. "Are you sure you want them as your bridesmaids? They won't go easy on you." He chuckled. He loved his sisters but they were all so stubborn and opinionated

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity nodded, "Me neither." She had loved Mr Fontaine and she had never thought that he would do something that would dampen that. But she had definitely lost a lot of respect for him for what he had done to Nick. "I tried getting Jacob to see it from our point of view but he just got mad." Felicity shook her head. She and Clancy were completely different but they shared the same morals, that was why she was sure the two of them got on so well.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie shrugged her shoulders with a laugh, "I think so." She looked at her girlfriend for a second, "Do you?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow. She couldn't help but be a little curious if Ellie thought the same. Charlie had been in a relationship with another girl, she knew that all she wanted was Ellie. Though she was Ellies first female relationship and she couldn't help but wonder if the other wanted to explore a little more.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo missed Edie so much. He wished that he could figure out a way for the two of them to be more than just friends but he knew it was never going to be that easy. He didn't even know if she wanted to be with him. "Sounds good. " Theo nodded, letting Annabelle lead the way.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "You? I'm not sure that you have it in you to throw a major tantrum." Annabelle laughed with a shake of her head. She didn't think that she ever felt as good as when she was with Gabe. She shrugged as he spoke about her sister. "I dunno. Maybe. He definitely likes her." She nodded. Annabelle sighed. She knew that people said the same about her and Gabe, that was why Vance didn't like her being with him.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link wanted to ask but he knew who it was that she was texting. He wondered if Kurt knew where she was but he refused to ask. He wanted it to be a night for just the two of them. He laughed as he looked at Emilie. He felt so much more like himself when it was just him and Emilie. "I mean -- -better for us, I think. I don't think she's gonna come over."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence shrugged her shoulders. She liked that she knew Tommy so well. She liked that she pretty much knew what he was thinking, which was why she had known when he had hurt her too. "Oh , is that the trouble you're wanting to cause?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow and a laugh. She looked around and then nodded towards Harrison, "He's there."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Izzy laughed, shrugging her shoulders. "Do you think I'll go easy on them?" She knew that Nick's sisters were strong characters, but so was she - and she knew she could handle it. She wasn't going to relinquish control over her wedding to absolutely anybody. "Besides, they're your sisters. Of course I want them." She smiled, shrugging her shoulders. She wanted his family to feel like they were just as involved as hers.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy shook her head, sighing deeply. The whole situation was really starting to annoy her - especially since both Fontaine brothers didn't seem to want to talk about it at all. "Spencer is angry that I said anything to his dad, I can tell. But I don't care." She raised an eyebrow, sipping from her glass of wine. She would always speak her mind and she'd thought he'd known that.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Ellie smiled; she loved how honest Charlie was about how she felt and what she thought would happen in her future. Nobody had ever showed Ellie love like the other girl had, so it was still a little strange sometimes, but she loved it. "Yeah, of course I do. You guys have always been my family. I'd be fucking stupid not to want it to be official." She laughed, shaking her head. She knew she would be the luckiest person in the world, to have the Saracens as her family.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie smiled, but it still didn't quite reach her eyes. She loved Theo and she loved being around him, but she hated being here. She wanted to go home, she didn't want to be in a place where she could risk having to speak to her parents any minute. She walked over to Annabelle, tapping her on the shoulder gently. "Hey! You guys having fun?" She raised an eyebrow.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "What?! I can throw a tantrum... I've seen enough of yours that I'd just copy." Gabe laughed, rolling his eyes. He smiled as she spoke about Bex; Annabelle's siblings felt like his siblings, at this point. "That's cute... But then, everybody always says that about me and you." He laughed, nudging her gently with his elbow. "Hey!" He smiled as he saw Edie and Theo coming over.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie was so glad that Link didn't ask who she was texting - she hated speaking about Kurt, with any of her friends, but especially with him. Everything felt so normal between them and she wanted it to stay that way tonight. "Oh, thank god." She laughed, shaking her head. "She's looking." She raised an eyebrow as Link's mum looked over at them again, but then looked away.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Maybe. We'll have to see what kind of mood he's in tonight." Tommy laughed, raising an eyebrow. "Or what kind of mood you're in. Want to piss him off?" He grinned, laughing softly as he looked down at Florence. He hoped she did, because he wanted to have some fun with her tonight.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick laughed before he shrugged his shoulders. "No, but do you think that they'll go easy on you?" He asked with a raise of an eyebrow. He was sure that none of his sisters would wear something, which he worried about a little. He thought that there would be fights but he was trying to ignore that. He thought that Izzy knew what she was doing. "Does that mean I have to ask Spencer, though?" He was mostly joking.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity could sense that her sister was getting annoyed and she couldn't blame her, she was pretty annoyed by it all too. "Yeah, I think that Jacob is pretty much the same." She shrugged. She wasn't used to being the person that people were annoyed by but she was trying to ignore that. She thought that this was worth it .

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie never say the point in pretending that she thought different. She wanted to marry Ellie, why would she pretend that she didn't? She just hoped that Ellie wouldn't mind. She liked that she seemed to enjoy it. "And you're definitely not stupid." Charlie smiled. Other than her eldest sister, she thought that Ellie was probably the smartest person on the planet.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo wished he could do more for Edie. He thought that he still loved her and he wished that he could take the hurt away from her. He thought that she deserved to be more happy. He smiled slightly as he looked to Gabe and Annabelle, "Hey." He muttered. He liked Edies friends but he didn't feel like he fit in all that well right now.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I don't think you have. I need proof." Annabelle laughed with a shrug of her shoulders. She smirked slightly as Gabe spoke. She knew that, that was the same thing that people said about the two of them. She wondered if he thought that it might actually ever happen, not that she was about to say that to him. She was with Vance, it didn't matter. "Hey gorgeous!" Annabelle smiled as she looked Edie, "of course I am, are you?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link didn't want anything to happen which would make things feel weird between him and Emilie, like he was sure would be the case if he mentioned Kurt. He really didn't want to have to deal with any of that. He sighed as she spoke about his mum and he shook his head, "She will. Just ignore her. She'll look away eventually." He shrugged his shoulders.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence raised an eyebrow as she heard Tommy. She was definitely intrigued as to what he had in mind. She couldn't help but be curious when it came to him. She shrugged her shoulders, "What exactly are you suggesting?" She asked with a laugh. She was pretty sure that, that was an answer to his questions.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "I can take it. Believe me." Izzy laughed, shaking her head. She knew that she and the Gellars came from totally different walks of life, but she was tough in her own way and she knew she wouldn't be taking anything she didn't want. She scoffed as he asked about Spencer, shaking his head. "Of course it doesn't. You can ask who you want." It didn't matter to her if he asked Spencer or not - they weren't exactly close, after all.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy shrugged her shoulders. "Well. What else can we do?" She asked, shaking her head. She wasn't going to apologise for something she felt like she was in the right for and she wished that Spencer would try and see it the way she did. "I just don't see what's so different between Nick and the two of us. That's what's annoying me." She shook her head again.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Depends who you ask." Ellie asked, pulling a goofy face at her girlfriend. She knew she wasn't stupid, but she often didn't feel as clever as a lot of the people around her - even though she'd always been pretty intelligent, the years of her parents telling her she was stupid, or wrong had really had an impact.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Hm? I guess so." Edie shrugged her shoulders, playing with the ends of her hair absentmindedly. "Parents are here." She knew that she didn't need to say more than that for Annabelle to understand why she felt uncomfortable. She was glad to see Annabelle without Vance, though - it was a refreshing change. "Do you wanna come to the bathroom?" She raised an eyebrow. She thought Annabelle would know what she was referencing.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Do you have a drink, mate?" Gabe smiled as Theo spoke, holding up his. It was almost empty and there was an open bar, so he'd certainly be heading over for another in a second. "We were just talking about who would play Annabelle if they made a movie reel of all her tantrums - I wanted it to be me, but she doesn't think I'd be convincing enough."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie shrugged her shoulders and turned away. "Isn't it weird? Being here and not speaking to them?" She asked, her voice a little softer than usual. It was a genuine question - she couldn't imagine being in the same room as her parents and not saying a word. "Not that I blame you, obviously." She smiled.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy chuckled softly as Florence spoke; he was pretty sure that was an answer to his question and he was pleased with it. "I'll show you." He smirked, raising an eyebrow as he looked over to make sure Harrison was looking before he turned back to Florence, leaning down to kiss her slowly. It wasn't just to cause trouble - he wanted to. He always wanted to, when she was around.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick had no doubt that Izzy could handle his sisters. He just didn't want them to ruin anything that Izzy had planned. He wanted her to have the best time with all of the wedding planning. Nick nodded his head slightly, he had no idea who he wanted to ask, "But you think your dad would hate me even more if I don't?" He didn't want to annoy Mr Fontaine further. He didn't care what the other thought of him but he wanted izzy to have the best day.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity shrugged her shoulders, " I have no idea." She sighed. She wished that Jacob and Spencer could see it from where the two of them did. They came from the world that Mr Fontaine was clearly against, of course they were going to be upset that he was so dismissive of nick. "There isn't any difference, that's the thing. I think Jacob knows. That's what's annoying me.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Grace was having a nice night with Freddie but she was definitely starting to miss her baby now. "Shall we go see the happy couple? I think they've had enough time on their own, don't you?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow. She wondered if this was how it was always going to be, she and Freddie would go out as a couple but things would feel incomplete without Elias there too.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Charlie laughed as Ellie pulled a face and she pulled an equally goofy one back. "Hey - i'm the stupid one in this relationship. Don't take away my title." She smiled at her girlfriend. She felt so lucky to have Ellie, she seemed to understand her more than anyone elseddid.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle pulled a face as Edie mentioned her parents, "fuck them. We'll just ignore them." She shrugged her shoulders. She didn't think that Edie should have to talk to them, if she didn't want to.. and Annabelle definitely didn't blame her when she didn't. The blonde nodded at her friends question and laughed slightly, "Yes, i absolutely do." She knew it was her brothers party but she wouldn't get completely waste.d

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "that would be great, yes please." Theo nodded his head slightly. His brow furrowed as he heard Edie mention the bathroom. He was pretty sure what that meant and while he didn't judge her, he didn't think that, that was going to end all that well. "Oh really?" Theo laughed, "You've been around her enough, right? Surely you've picked up a thing or two."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link shrugged his shoulders at Emilies question, "Not really. It's just how it is, isn't it? It's not like we don't talk at all. They'd rather not be all that associated with me in public anyway." Link knew he had done a lot to embarrass them, he knew that, that was a big thing to his parents, his mother in particular.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence knew he was going to do something so she was pretty prepared for the kiss. Of course she kissed him back. She didn't like Harrison so why did it matter? The two stayed like that until she felt a hand on her shoulder and she heard a cough from her date, "What is it with you? This isn't the place to be causing a scene." Harrison muttered to Tommy.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Izzy thought people might be a little surprised with some of the things she already knew she wanted for the wedding - she knew everybody but Felicity would be expecting her to have a great big princess dress, but she couldn't really think of anything worse. She laughed, raising an eyebrow. "I mean... If you're wanting to ask Jacob, then yeah - you should probably ask Spencer too, if you want to keep my dad sweet." She rolled her eyes. She knew that her dad - and probably Spencer - would definitely take it personally if he wasn't asked, but Jacob was.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy nodded her head. "Even if they didn't want to say anything to him, I wish they'd just admit that they know he's wrong. But they won't." She sighed. She really couldn't imagine what it felt like to be scared of your parent; she and Felicity had had the most supportive parents in the world. "They're more scared to disagree with him than I was to tell mum and dad that I was pregnant at sixteen. It doesn't make any sense to me."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Freddie could tell that Grace was missing Elias - and he was too, but it wasn't completely at the forefront of his mind. He was enjoying some time with just the two of them, if he was honest. "Yeah, let's go and give them another congratulations." He chuckled, reaching to take Grace's hand, leading the way through all the people, to Izzy and Nick.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Ellie laughed as Charlie pulled a face back at her, shaking her head. "You're not stupid - we're just good at different things." She laughed, shrugging her shoulders. She was nowhere near creative enough to do what Charlie did - she couldn't cook at all, not really. When she had moved out at sixteen, she had pretty much lived off noodles and toast.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah, I'm trying." Edie laughed, shaking her head. She wished it was that easy to just ignore her parents, but she felt constantly aware of their presence. "Great, c'mon..." She muttered, turning and heading over to the nearest bathroom. It didn't take her long at all to get the bag out of her purse, taking a second to make sure nobody else was in there. "Fucking hell, I've been dying for this." She shook her head.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Gabe nodded his head. "I'll go over when I've finished this. They keep looking at me funny when I have two drinks at once." He laughed. "See, that's what I thought! I've witnessed them enough times, so I think I'd be pretty convincing, but what the hell." He grinned. He didn't even think anything of the two girls going to the bathroom; he was used to it by now.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie shook her head. It made her so angry that Link's parents saw their own son as an embarrassment; she was pretty sure that if they'd shown him more support, then he wouldn't be as bad as he was now. "Fucking stupid." She muttered, shaking her head. She was about to speak again when she saw Tommy and Florence and groaned. "Oh, for fucks sake..."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy couldn't help but laugh as he heard Harrison's voice, pulling away from Florence with a smirk on his face. "Causing a -- causing a scene? Sorry, I didn't think I was." He smiled infuriatingly, his eyes twinkling as he looked at the other, his stance almost challenging. "Is something wrong?"

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NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick was sure that Izzy was going to surprise him with all of the wedding stuff. he was sure that he wouldn't have to do much and, if he was honest, he would look forward to that. He wasn't sure he wanted much say in all of this. It certainly wasn't his forte. Nick nodded, "Yeah, that's what I was thinking." He muttered. He didn't really want Spencer as one of his groomsmen, but he definitely knew he wanted Jacob. So he just had to suck it up. He smiled then, as he saw Jacob and Grace on their way over.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "But they won't." Felicity repeated with a nod of her head. It was rare that she disagreed with any of her parents of her step-parents, but when she did, she made sure that she told them. She didn't understand how Jacob and Spencer couldn't seem to do the same with their dad. She thought that, that was especially sad. "That's exactly it. I think they're just not used to not seeing their dad as this perfect, thing, you know?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Grace wasn't as close with Elias as Izzy was with Jeremiah... but she and her son had such a bond already. She missed him when she wasn't with him. "Perfect." She muttered with a nod of her head and a smile. She squeezed his hand as she followed him to their friends. "Hey you gorgeous pair!" Grace called, a wide smile on her face as she did so.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle would love to give Edies parents a piece of her mind if she was honest. She thought that her friend was worth more than what they had ever given to her. She just couldn't do anything to mess up tonight for her brother. She refused. She quickly followed after Edie and the blonde nodded her head, "Honestly, same." She laughed slightly. Emilie was her best friend but sometimes, it felt like Edie was literally her soulmate.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Alright, sounds good." Theo laughed with a nod of his head. He wasn't sure that he would ever get used to an event like this and he knew that people around them knew that they weren't exactly in the right place here. "You'll just have to prove it to her, right?" He asked with a raise of an eyebrow and a laugh. He really liked Gabe. He thought that he was really funny and a really nice person.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link felt so anxious with his parents just across the room. He had never meant to become what he had. He had never wanted to be wrapped up in everything he was. He never wanted to be an addict. But it was such an embarrassment to them. Link found it hard to feel like a normal person. Suddenly, he was itching for a little bit of something. He turned, though, to look at whatever Emilie was talking about. He laughed as he saw Tommy and Florence, "You think he's ever gonna stop thaT?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence sighed as she looked up at Harrison, it was clear that he wasn't happy and that Tommys reply just made him more annoyed. She knew that he wouldn't be nice... but she didn't expect Harrison to shove him, "I'm getting really sick of you." He growled. "You know exactly what I'm talking about." She took a step away from the two of them, then.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "We have time to figure it all out. No stressing yet." Izzy laughed, raising an eyebrow. She was sure there would be plenty of stress to come in the lead up to the wedding, but for now she was going to enjoy the decision making parts. "Hi!" She beamed as she saw Grace coming over. She was so happy that she and Grace got to spend some time together tonight, without their babies, but she was missing Jeremiah a lot.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy shook her head. "They won't." She agreed. It was infuriating, she thought, that both she and Felicity were on the same page here and neither of the boys would see reason. She thought the tables would be very different, had it been their marriages on the line. "It's absolutely that. Doesn't make it any less frustrating, though."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Freddie gave Nick a friendly punch to the shoulder as they finally joined their friends, raising an eyebrow. "Alright, mate?" He asked gruffly. The party hadn't really grown on him - he still hated everything about it, but he was happy to see his friend and he knew that Nick was probably in the same boat.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie did one line, then another - it was a little bit more than she'd usually do at once, but she really needed to feel something from it. She didn't think she could cope without it, not in that room. It was so big, but felt so small - like the walls had been closing in around her. "Knock yourself out." She nodded to Annabelle, leaving the bag on the side and looking in the mirror. It was always something she hated - seeing her own reflection, but she knew that if anything was off then her parents would make a point of saying something.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Gabe downed the rest of his drink with a wince and put the glass down, gesturing for Theo to join him at the bar. "What're you drinking? I've been trying to sample the expensive stuff while it's free, but honestly? It's gross." He laughed, shaking his head. "Yeah, I guess I'll have to throw an award winning tantrum or something. Not here, though. Nick would kill me." He chuckled. He would never want to cause trouble for his friend.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie really did think that the root of Link's problems was his parents and she resented them a lot for that - she would never see him as anything less than her best friend. She rolled her eyes as he spoke. "No, never." She was sick of it now - she didn't like Florence and she hated that the girl was constantly being brought in and out of their group. She sighed as she saw him being pushed. "You're gonna have to stop them." She raised an eyebrow. She knew Annabelle's brother wouldn't be happy with it.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy laughed as Harrison pushed him - be barely even stumbled, his shoulders shaking with the soft chuckle - as though he was enjoying the conversation. "Oh, what? And here I thought we were the best of friends. How upsetting." He grinned, shrugging his shoulders. "I have no idea what you were talking about... Are you gonna tell me, or are you gonna push me again? Or have we stopped behaving like kids in a playground?" He laughed. He was itching for a fight with the other - and for no other reason than he didn't like him being Florence's boyfriend, or whatever he was.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I'm know." Nick nodded his head. He was fully prepared for Izzy to be a brideszilla. He didn't know how he would react to it, but he knew that it was bound to happen, that was just the person that she was and he loved her for it. "Hey." Nick nodded at Freddie. He was glad his friend was there tonight. He was pretty sure that if anyone understood what he was thinking, it would be Freddie. "Better now another commoner is here." He chuckled.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Absolutely not." Felicity shook her head with a sigh. "I said to Jacob if it had been on the other foot, if his dad had said something about when we were engaged... It didn't go down well." She understood why Jacob might not have liked the question but she was sure that part of him reacted like he did because he knew that she was right. He wouldn't have liked it.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Grace smiled as she linked her arm through Izzys, she was definitely glad to be spending time with her friend tonight, without the boys. "How exciting is this party though, huh?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow and a laugh. She couldn't wait until all of this would be for hers and freddies wedding... whenever that might be.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle raised an eyebrow as Edie did two lines. She understood that her friend was under a lot of stress though, and didn't comment. She knew that it wouldn't go down well anyway. Annabelle nodded and quickly did a line herself before she turned back to Edie. She rested against the sink, "You know you're gorgeous, right? Fuck whatever your parents think or whatever they say to you."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo laughed but followed after Gabe. He wasn't sure that he had ever met someone who was even close to being like Gabe and he liked that. All six of them were so sure of who they were and Theo wished he could be like that. "I'm just drinking coke, actually, not really a drinker." He chuckled. He never really had been but especially not since Barney. "You and Nick are friends, then, I guesS?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link never really thought too much about his parents. He didn't see the point. They were who they were and he knew that nothing was going to change that. He wished that he could strike out on his own but he knew that he would fall flat on his face. He sighed as Emilie spoke. Link knew that Tommy was always going to do whatever he wanted, he just wished that he wasn't so obvious about it all. "Stop them? Nothing has happened, Em. Not yet at least."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence rolled her eyes as Harrison pushed Tommy. It felt so juvenile to her and she knew that Tommy wasn't the kind of person to step down, "Leave it Harrison, seriously." She sighed. She didn't want trouble, not with her parents in the room. She didn't think of that when Tommy was in front of her and being his usual self though. "Course you don't. Do you really think that i'm going to be dumb enough to start something with you? Just leave what's not yours alone, that's all i'm saying."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Freddie laughed, nodding his head. "Yeah, same - it's fucking crazy, I can't even understand what half of 'em are saying." He shook his head. He knew he had a pretty broad accent, but he genuinely couldn't understand some of the things these people said. "Bet this is weird, yeah? A party like this, for you." He laughed. He knew he would hate every second of it.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy shrugged her shoulders. "Hm. I'd be interested to see what they would've done." She liked to think Spencer would've married her anyway - she knew his dad hadn't loved the idea of them having a child out of wedlock, but he hadn't voiced much concern when it came to their marriage. She just wished they could all discuss this, instead of it feeling taboo.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "So exciting!" Izzy laughed, nodding her head. If she was honest, it was pretty much like every other party her father had ever thrown - only this one, she wasn't enjoying so much, because of what he'd done to Nick. She was so excited to get married, to be his wife - but she didn't feel like she needed this huge party now. "I miss Jeremiah, though. The nanny keeps sending me pictures." She laughed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "I don't care, anyway. I was just checking to see if I had something in my teeth." Edie laughed, unconvincingly. It was hard for her, having friends that knew her so well when she just wanted to pretend everything was fine. "Let's go?" She raised an eyebrow, grabbing the bag and shoving it back into her purse. The buzz was hitting her and she felt better already, like her skin was tingling with anticipation.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Gabe really liked Theo - he knew the other was a lot quieter than he or his friends, but he thought he was a nice guy and a perfect fit for Edie. "I got you, no worries." He laughed, ordering a coke for Theo and a pint for himself. "Yeah - well, with all the Gellars. Our parents used to be friends." He nodded his head. He had known them all since they'd moved to London, he thought. "We all moved here around the same time. New kids at school." He grinned.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie didn't really care what Tommy did in his own time; she knew the way he treated girls was terrible, but she always struggled to feel bad for them when it was Kurt she had to go home to. She knew that Tommy would be easier to walk away from than him. What she cared about, was how what Tommy did affected the rest of their lives - like this, for example. "What, so you're gonna wait until it does? Stop it before it starts." She rolled her eyes. She knew Link had the best chance of making Tommy stop.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Well you just pushed me, so I'm guessing - yes?" Tommy asked with a smirk, raising an eyebrow. "Or was that a trick question?" He shook his head as Harrison spoke again, rolling his eyes. "What's not mine? She's a person, mate - not a what. She's not mine or yours. Or are you stuck in the fucking Victorian era like the rest of the people here?" He asked with a laugh. "Look, it's not my fault she doesn't want you. Why don't you try and bore someone else to death? Flo's got plans tonight." He smirked.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick laughed and nodded as Freddie spoke. He liked that he had a friend who understood him. Most people there probably wouldn't understand why Nick found all of this pretty hard but Freddie did. "I can't either. honestly, it's a struggle." He laughed. Nick didn't like things like this but he was used to them now. He knew he could avoid it, being a part of Izzys family. "it's fucking insane." He muttered with a nod of his head.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity nodded her head. She had no idea what Jacob would've done if his father hadn't approved of her, the way he was acting now, she was pretty sure that he would listen to him. "That's the thing - I'm not sure that we'd have gotten anywhere if his dad didn't like me." And Felicity did not like that thought one bit. She loved Jacob but she was sure that his love depending on his father and she didn't like that.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Grace smiled at her friend as she nodded her head. She had heard about what had happened with her dad and Grace couldn't blame Izzy for being mad. She knew that she would be the same if it was her and Freddie, though she didn't think that he would actually ask her father. "At least you keep getting pictures. Freddies parents haven't sent us anything." She sighed.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle nodded but didn't say any more. She knew that it wasn't the case but if Edie didn't want to talk about it, then Annabelle wasn't going to force her to. She just wanted her friend to know that she was there if she needed her. The blonde nodded and followed Edie back out of the bathroom, "Where are the boys?" She asked with a raise of an eyebrow

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Thank you." Theo smiled slightly. He knew that he was quieter than the rest of them but he thought that, that was what this group needed. He didn't think that they needed another big personality. "Oh right, yeah, of course." Theo nodded. His parents had always been more to himself, "I bet that was nice though. Having some other kids to basically grow up with."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link sighed as Emilie pushed him to step in. He didn't see the point. Tommy was old enough to do as he please and Link didn't see why he should be the one to try and stop stuff. "Fine." He growled with a shake of his head. Though Link didn't think he would be able to stop his friend, not right now anyway. "Tommy - you wanna grab a drink?" He called over to him.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Harrison laughed bitterly as he listened to Tommy. "You're only acting like this because you're fucking jealous. She doesn't want you anymore, get the fuck over it." Florence shook her head as she listened. She knew that things weren't going to end well and sometimes, she wondered why she had to be in the middle of all of Tommys games. "Yeah, she has plans with me. She's just pitying you because you're so desperate, right?" He looked at Florence, who didn't say anything

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Do you have to stay the whole time, then? No chance of you sneaking out?" Freddie laughed, raising an eyebrow. He knew that if this was him, he'd be spending the whole night thinking of ways to get away without anybody noticing. It was so far from anything he thought Nick would enjoy. "Yeah, fucking insane is right." He laughed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy shook her head. "No use thinking like that now, though. You're together." She didn't think there was much point in dwelling on what might have happened, not when things were the way they were now, but it didn't make it any less frustrating. "Hopefully he'll just realise that he has to be onboard with it all now." She rolled her eyes.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Izzy laughed. "You should pay them, that's probably why the nanny is sending them." She chuckled. It was just a joke - she wouldn't leave Jeremiah with anybody she didn't trust implicitly and the nanny in question had been her own nanny.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie raised an eyebrow as she realised the boys weren't where they'd left them. "Bar." She muttered as she spotted them in the crowd, pointing over. "Should we go and save the table?" She still had half a drink left and she was feeling her buzz setting in, so she didn't need another.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Gabe leaned over the bar to order both of their drinks to turn back to Theo. "I mean, to be honest - there are so many of us anyway, it barely made a difference." He laughed, shrugging his shoulders. "But it was definitely nice having them around - weird, growing up with people." He chuckled. He felt like the Gellars and the Saracens knew everything about each other.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Ordinarily, Emilie wouldn't have really cared what Tommy did and she certainly wouldn't try and stop it, but this was Annabelle's brothers night and she knew that Annabelle would hate anything kicking off. She rolled her eyes as Link shook his head, but she looked over, hoping Tommy would just quit while he was ahead. She knew though, after what Harrison said, that he wouldn't.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy laughed in the other boys face, raising an eyebrow. "It's cute how you think that's true. Why was she over here with me, then? Rather than letting you bore her brains out?" He asked with a little smile. "You're embarrassing yourself now mate, give it a rest. Why don't you go back over to her parents and keep being the golden boy? I think she'd rather stay with me."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I think we're planning on leaving a little early. Izzy wants to get back to Jeremiah." Nick shook his head slightly, as though he was annoyed by it though it couldn't be further from the truth. He loved how much Izzy loved their son and he couldn't wait to get back to him as well. He wondered how Grace and Freddie were doing without Elias too. "I don't think I'm ever gonna get used to this." He shook his head. "Hey - but while we're here.." He looked to his friend. He didn't think that Freddie would want something huge around him asking. "You wanna be my best man?" He asked with a raise of an eyebrow.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity shrugged her shoulders. She was almost certain though and it almost felt like their relationship was completely invalid. Felicity loved Jacob but she didn't know how much he would be able to put what his father said, behind them. "I think that's what all of this is about." Felicity shrugged her shoulders. She figured that Mr Fontaine was never going to throw something like this if he didn't know that.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Grace laughed, "Maybe that's the key. Could you imagine if I told Freddie we're gonna pay his parents so they'll send me photos?" She shook her head slightly. She loved Freddie and she definitely wanted to spend her life with him but sometimes it blew her mind the different worlds that she and Freddie came from. Her parents had only met Elias a couple of times and Freddies were constantly over. She felt so supported by them which was so nice.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle nodded as Edie pointed. "If he isn't getting me a drink, i'll kick off." Annabelle laughed. "But yeah, let's go." She smiled, leading the way to the table. Annabelle worried about Edie, that was for sure but sometimes she found it hard learning how to help her. She wanted to help her but it seemed really difficult.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo chuckled and nodded his head, "That absolutely makes sense." He smiled. He almost wished that he had other siblings. Barney was his best friend, which was why he found it so difficult now he was gone. It was something that Theo tried to keep to the back of his mind but he struggled with it most days. "It sounds like a lot of fun though, really nice."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link sighed as Tommy completely ignored him. He knew that it would be as easy as that but he wished that it was. He sighed as he started over towards his friend. He knew that now wasn't the time for something like this but he knew Tommy too well to think that he was going to stop now, especially with everything that the other was saying to him.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence sighed, "Listen to him, Harrison." She muttered. She didn't like to pipe up with stuff like this. She didn't like to put herself in the middle but Harrison was starting to ignore her now. He glared at her though, before he turned back to look at Tommy. "Jesus fucking christ, you've properly brainwashed her, haven't you? Think you can keep toying with her like nothing is gonna fucking happen. You're both crazy."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Good excuse." Freddie laughed, raising an eyebrow. Nick could pretend to be annoyed as much as he wanted, but Freddie knew he wouldn't be sad about leaving here and going home. He had always felt the same, but especially now they had Elias - although he knew he was more than safe with his parents. He raised an eyebrow as he looked up at Nick to listen to him, smiling slightly as he asked him to be the best man. He was glad it hadn't come in some kind of big gesture - he was never one for emotions. "Yeah, 'course I do." He laughed, nudging his friend gently with his arm.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Hopefully." Clancy nodded her head. She thought it would be pretty futile for the older man to keep on trying to interfere when his daughter had made it clear that she didn't really care what she thought. "Excited to be a maid of honour for the first time?" She smiled, trying to move on to more positive subjects.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Izzy laughed. "I can't imagine Freddie's reaction if you told him you were going to pay extra for anything." She giggled. She liked Freddie, a lot, but she did sometimes find it funny how he was with someone like Grace when he so hated excessive amounts of money. "You could definitely say the same about Nick, though." She smiled. "Are you missing him? Elias, I mean." She just wanted to know she wasn't the only one absolutely dying to see her baby again.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie knew deep down that her friends had her best interests at heart, but she hated feeling like they were constantly trying to help her when she didn't think she needed it. As far as she was concerned, they all had their own coping mechanisms. She was starting to feel a little worse for wear, though - her stomach was empty apart from the mix of booze and drugs and it was making her head feel funny.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah, it was fun. Worlds biggest family." Gabe grinned. He loved thinking back on the times they'd had when they were younger, how much they'd all loved being around each other. It was crazy that some of them were married now, or had children. "Oh shit, I better get Anna a drink as well." He laughed, turning back to the bar and ordering one for her before he started to walk.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Fucking hell, who is this guy?" Emilie asked with a roll of her eyes as she looked at Harrison. She didn't know him, but she didn't like the way he was talking about Tommy and she didn't like his tone. "Tommy, just walk away." She muttered - she knew he wouldn't like the brainwashed comment, but she was hoping he wouldn't do anything stupid. Not here.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "See." Tommy smirked as Florence spoke, raising an eyebrow. "She doesn't want you, mate." He was happy to leave it at that, to leave with Florence and know that he had the upper hand, but his face twisted slightly with anger as he heard the word brainwashed. He wasn't going to have him insinuating that Florence only wanted him because he'd brainwashed her into it. "You're a fucking dick." He muttered, shaking his head before he drew back his fast and threw the first punch.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Yeah, biggest bonus of having a kid, huh?" Nick asked. He loved being a dad. He had missed the baby stage with Logan, he hadn't even known that he existed, so it was nice that he got to have all of that with Jeremiah now. He was struggling with the less sleep but he knew that it was worth it. Just like he was sure that his friend was too. He nodded as Freddie said he would. "Excellent." He laughed, unsure of what to really say. He liked that he would have Freddie by his side through the wedding, though.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Felicity wondered if anything that she and Clancy said to Mr Fontaine would get through to him but she wasn't completely convinced. She didn't think that anything was going to change his mind anymore. She smiled as her sister mentioned her being the maid of honour, "I'm so excited!" She giggled, "I can't wait to see what Izzy does to ask me." She knew that Izzy was going to be amazing with it.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "That is very fair." Grace laughed with a nod of her head. She had struggled to get used to what Freddie was comfortable with. She wanted to be able to be there and be what he wanted but she knew that it wasn't really fair to do something that he was uncomfortable with. She loved him and she wanted him to feel comfortable with her. "I am." Grace nodded, "It's nice to be with just Freddie but I'm definitely missing him."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle was never going to do something that would upset Edie she just wished the other would maybe talk to them a little more often. She loved her so much and she wanted to help but Annabelle didn't know how. "That better be a drink for me, Saracen!" Annabelle called over with a laugh. she hadn't noticed Tommy and Harrison... yet.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I've no idea." link growled with a shake of his head. He didn't like how the other was talking to him though. He thought that this guy really had no idea who he was dealing with. He sighed though, as Tommy punched the other. He knew that it wasn't going to go well but he thought that Tommy might at least try not messing this up. "Alright!" He snapped, trying to stop the two of them, his hands on both their shoulders.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Harrison definitely wasn't a fighter but there was no way he was going to let Tommy get away with punching him, without giving as good as he was getting. Florence took a couple steps away from them, then. She didn't want to get wrapped up in all of this.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah definitely, you can use it to get out of pretty much anything." Freddie laughed. Of course, there were many more things he loved about being a father, but he couldn't deny that he loved that one. He was about to say something else, more about being Nick's best man, when he heard the disturbance. "What the fuck is going on?" He muttered, turning to see the fight.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Clancy knew that what she and her sister had said probably hadn't changed Mr Fontaine's mind at all, but she wasn't able to just say nothing. She couldn't not speak up when she thought something was so unfair, it wasn't in her nature. "Oh, I bet - it's going to be something extravagant." She laughed - she knew that much, especially when it came to Izzy.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Izzy nodded her head understandingly; it was nice to spend time with Nick and her friends without worrying, but somehow being here just made her worry more. She wanted to be with her son and she knew he would be missing her. "Me too... If I can get out soon, I'm probably going to go home." She admitted with a laugh. She had been there for quite a few hours - but now she wanted her son.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Of course it is. I know better than to come back empty handed." Gabe laughed, although he was pretty sure that Annabelle had taken something in the toilet anyway. It didn't bother him, he was so used to it by now and any other time, he'd probably have joined them. Like her, he hadn't seen the fight breaking out yet.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie was starting to wish she hadn't taken so much in the toilet and she was glad she had a little bit of her drink left, because her mouth was dry. She wished she could go home - she didn't want to be there anymore. She tapped her foot nervously, looking at the others as they spoke. She jumped slightly as she heard a bang behind her, turning to see the fight.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie could see what was coming a mile off and she groaned as Tommy threw the first punch - it wasn't even like they could stick up for him now, when Anna was angry. "For fucks sake, Tommy!" She shouted as he went in. She wondered whether to try and stop, but Link got involved before she could..

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy was surprised that Harrison fought back; he hadn't thought he would, but it didn't stop him. He knew his agent was going to be furious with him if he was marked, so he tried to block any of the punches the other threw at his face. He barely acknowledged Link trying to stop them - he was too angry.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Knew there had to be a use for having kids. We've finally figured it out." Nick nodded his head. He was definitely kidding, mostly. He loved his sons and he loved being around them but sometimes, Nick definitely needed a break. He was almost certain that it was the same with Freddie. Nick snapped his head to look at whatever was going on. "Fucking Tommy Morley." He muttered with a shake of his head.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Speaking up wasn't usually something that Felicity would do but Nick felt like family to her. She thought that he was perfect for Izzy and that they would make a great pair. She didn't understand how someone could be so rude. Felicity laughed and nodded her head, "That's the thing and I'm so excited to see what she's going to come up with!"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Good." Annabelle laughed. She downed half of the glass in one go... when she heard the commotion behind her. She turned to look at what was going on, just in time to see link get punched too. "Fuck sake." She snapped. She downed the rest of her drink before she moved over to them, "Tommy fucking Morley!" She shouted at him, "Stop the fuck now." She was so angry at him. She thought that her brother had been nice enough to invite him and now he was making a scene.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo kept his eyes on Edie... she didn't seem right. And he was almost certain why, "Do you wanna get some air?" He asked her. He figured that he could at least give her the chance to get out of there for a little bit. Theo would never hold anything against Edie. He thought that she had gone through so much and he wanted to be able to help her.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link wasn't sure where the fist had come from... but he shoved Harrison back. "Alright - get out!" He snapped... and when he heard Annabelle, he knew that it wasn't going to go down well, "Alright, Tommy, you need to stop." He growled at his friend, hoping that it would be enough.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence sighed as Harrison stepped back from the others. She was just glad that it seemed to be stopping now. She had wanted to spend time with Tommy but she did not want to be the one to have caused all of this. "Bloody hell." She muttered, shaking her head as Harrison looked at her, "go away."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Fucking posh boys." Freddie shook his head as he watched them - he found it funny that Tommy obviously thought he was a big man, but wouldn't last two minutes in a fight with either him or Nick. "Do you want me to stop them?" He barely knew him, but he would love to get a punch in there somewhere with Tommy.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Gabe turned with a start as he saw Annabelle turn - and saw the fight behind them. "Oh for gods sake..." He sighed. He didn't understand why Tommy had felt the need to do this tonight, when it was clearly so important to Nick. He winced as he saw Harrison hit Link instead of Tommy, but he was glad as the other seemed to back off a little bit. "Come on mate, leave it now..." He said softly to Tommy.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Oi!" Emilie shouted as she watched the other boys fist hit Link instead of Tommy - she wouldn't have that and if he wasn't careful, she knew she'd be fighting him as soon as they got outside. She was glad that Florence pretty much told him to leave. "You heard her. She doesn't fucking want you here and I don't think anybody else knows who you are, so fuck off." She snapped, rolling her eyes despairingly at him.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie felt so weird and the noise around her was only making it worse - she wanted to help but she felt like she was on the brink of a panic attack. Her eyes darted up to Theo as he spoke and she shook her head. "Can you take me home?" She asked quietly, chewing on her bottom lip. She just wanted to go.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: The first thing Tommy registered was Annabelle's voice cutting above the rest and as Harrison backed off, he took a step back too. "Don't fucking look at me like that, he was asking for it!" He snapped, looking at the other boy angrily. He didn't think any of them would do anything differently if they were him. He could tell that Annabelle was furious, though and he knew he probably couldn't make it better.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick glared at the two of them... then looked at Freddie and shook his head, "Annabelle has got it." he muttered with a shrug of his shoulders. He was pretty sure that Tommy wouldn't listen to anyone but Annabelle, or one of the others of the group. "fucking dickhead." He muttered with a shake of his head. He had never liked Tommy and he didn't understand why his sister did.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Outside. Now." Annabelle snapped, pushing Tommy as she did so. She was so mad at him. Nick hadn't wanted to invite Tommy in the first place. She rolled her eyes as she heard Florence, she should've known that she would have something to do with it all. She looked over at Emilie before she turned back to Tommy. "I mean it! Get the fuck outside!"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link shook his head slightly but he was definitely glad that the fight seemed to dissipate now... though he thought that Tommy was probably in more trouble now that he had to deal with Annabelle. He looked to Emilie with a sigh, "We should go with them, in case she kills him." He shrugged slightly. He knew Annabelles tone of voice and it was very rarely used for him and the rest of their friends.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: As soon as Edie asked to be taken home, Theo nodded his head, "Yeah, yeah of course." He sighed. There was no way that he would ever leave Edie if she needed him and it seemed like she did. He stood up then, and held out a hand to her. He cared so deeply for Edie. He had no idea what was really happening but he knew that he would be there.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence sighed as Harrison seemed to listen and leave. She knew that, that would be the last time she deaL with him. Though she knew that it wouldn't change anything with herself and Tommy, that was probably the worst bit of it all.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Why the fuck do they all let him hang around?" Freddie asked with a shake of his head. He didn't think he'd ever met anybody who thought more highly of himself than Tommy Morley and he found him unbearable from a distance, so he had no idea how his actual friends put up with him on a day to day basis. "I'm surprised he was invited, honestly."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Get off me." Tommy muttered, rolling his eyes as Annabelle tried to push him. She might be mad, but he wasn't going to have her pushing him around. "Oh, shut up Annabelle. Don't be fucking weird." He rolled his eyes, but he walked outside - mostly because Harrison looked pretty defeated.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie didn't understand why Tommy seemed to feel the need to cause trouble when he knew he really, really shouldn't. It was infuriating to her, but she nodded in agreement with Link. "Yeah, come on." She sighed, raising an eyebrow. Mostly because she wanted to have Annabelle's back if she needed it.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Gabe sighed and followed after his friends; he felt really disappointed in Tommy tonight. They all knew that this was a big deal not just for Nick, but for Annabelle - the people around them already thought the Gellars were less than them and now one of Annabelle's friends was getting into fights. It seemed like it proved their point.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie nodded her head as Theo agreed, breathing a little sigh of relief. She always felt so safe with him, because he never forced her to explain herself even though she knew he probably wanted her to. She took his outstretched hand and held onto it tightly, heading towards the exit. She would apologise to Annabelle tomorrow, but she needed to go. She hoped Theo would stay with her; she always felt better with him.

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NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Nick shrugged his shoulders, "I genuinely have no idea. They've all been friends for years." He shrugged again. he didn't understand it, that was for sure. Nick had never had a group of strong friends, he was usually on his own. That was why he didn't get Annabelle and their group of friends. "It wasn't worth the hassle. Annabelle would've kicked off if he wasn't." He knew his sister too well.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Don't start with me Tommy." Annabelle growled at him. She really wasn't going to have any of it from him. People already thought she and her family were lower than low and now her friends were starting a fight. She wouldn't stand for it. "What the fuck were you thinking?! Seriously! I'm fucking sick of this! Do you understand what you just did? Or do you really not fucking care about anything other than yourself?!" She shouted once the five of them were outside. She was shaking, she was so angry at him.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link nodded and followed after Emilie and the others. He didn't understand it either but he knew that Tommy wasn't going to change. They were all friends with him and they were friends for a reason. They knew the kind of person that he was. Link didn't think he would really say much, especially since Annabelle was really angry and he would tend to be on Tommys side with this sort of thing.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence wasn't really sure what to do... She wanted to go follow the others, to make sure that Tommy was okay. But as she saw the look on her parents faces, she knew that, that was probably the worst thing she could do. She sighed before she went over to them.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo had no real idea what was happening with Edie but he knew that he would be there, he would always be there. "Do you need me to get anything on the way home?" he asked her. He wanted to make sure that she was okay, no matter what. He thought that she was probably one of the most important people in his life after all.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Fucking madness." Freddie shook his head. He only had one sibling, but he wouldn't be happy if she had a friend anything like Tommy. He was surprised the rest of them put up with it, when they seemed pretty headstrong. "Yeah, that's fair enough... Trying to keep the peace." He nodded his head, although it seemed to him that inviting Tommy had done anything but that.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy couldn't help but watch to see if Florence was going to go with him and he shook his head slightly as she walked away. He'd wanted her to come with him, he wanted to be with her. He rolled his eyes as Annabelle spoke, although he knew she was probably right. "Look, alright - I shouldn't have hit him, but he was fucking baiting me! He was! Right?" He looked at Link with a raise of an eyebrow, looking for backup. He knew he'd started it, but he just hated the other guy.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie was completely on Annabelle's side - she was with most things, but especially this. She thought Tommy was totally out of order. "Are you okay?" She asked Link with a raise of an eyebrow - he had been hit, after all, in a situation where he hadn't even been involved. That annoyed her more than anything. Sometimes it seemed like Tommy really did only care about himself.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: As soon as they got outside, Edie started to feel a little bit better, but she still knew she needed to go home. She had felt like she was going to suffocate in that room and there was no way she could go back in. "No, can we just go home?" She asked softly, shaking her head. "Please." She hated doing this to Theo, when he was so normal - so in control of what happened to him. It was why she was sure she would only ever be bad for him. She didn't deserve him.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Something like that." If it was just Annabelle as his friend, he would get it less. But he knew that Gabe was too good a judge of character, there had to be something about Tommy that the rest of them were just missing. Though that didn't mean that Nick liked him any more. "Should've known he was the one to get into trouble though." He sighed as he saw the look on Mr Fontaines face, "as if he couldn't hate me more already."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "I don't care if he was baiting you!" Annabelle screeched. She felt so embarrassed, mostly for her brother. She had heard about what Mr Fontaine had said to him and she thought that tonight was a night for her brother to show him that it didn't matter what he thought, that Nick was perfect for Izzy. Instead, her friend had messed that up for her brother and she wasn't sure she had ever been this mad at Tommy before. "You understand what this night means for Nick, don't you? And I know you don't fucking like him but I thought you could've fucking acted like a decent human being for one night! For someone who is supposed to be one of your best friends!"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link nodded, instantly wanting to back his friend up, "Yeah, he was saying all of this shit to him..." But as he saw the look on Annabelles face as she turned and glared at him, he was quickly quiet. "I'm fine." Link muttered to Emilie with a nod of his head. He had barely even registered the pain. "How's it look?" He asked, as he turned to look at her.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo didn't even hesitate before he nodded his head, "Of course. Of course." He smiled. He squeezed her hand gently. Theo wished that he could do more for her. He didn't care that things with Edie were a little different, he only ever wanted to be there for her. Theo wondered if his feelings for her would ever go away. He was sure that the boat had sailed on the two of them and yet he could not shake her.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Freddie couldn't imagine that Tommy was like this all the time, or he was sure he wouldn't have friends as good as he had. They always seemed to forgive him, although he was a dick all the time. He sighed as he saw the look on Mr. Fontaine's face. "You didn't even fucking do anything, though!" It angered him how little the man thought of Nick.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Oh come on, the night is still fucking fine!" Tommy argued, shaking his head. "Your brother had nothing to do with it." He rolled his eyes. He still didn't understand how deep the issues were between the two families, which was why he wasn't taking it as seriously as he should. "Fucking hell Annabelle, what and you're an angel?! You would've done the same as me if somebody was getting in your fucking face and don't pretend you wouldn't." He was always so defensive and he would never see it as one of his flaws.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Shut up." Emilie muttered as Link started to defend Tommy, nudging him gently - not because he wasn't right, but because she knew the best thing he could do was stay quiet with Annabelle there. She looked at his face with a raised eyebrow. "Should be fine - just a little bit bruised. You'll need some ice on it or something." She nodded her head. She didn't even realise that Link was always her priority - she never had.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie smiled slightly as Theo squeezed her hand; nobody had the ability to calm her down like he did and he did it without even seeming to try. It was why she always felt drawn to him. She knew that she would never get over her feelings for him, but she also knew that was her problem to deal with and not hers. "Will you - I mean... would you stay? At least until Annabelle gets home?" She asked quietly.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Sometimes, Nick wondered exactly what it was that Tommy had or did that made people forgive him all the time. Florence went back to him time and time again, Annabelle and the others never fell out with him for too long. He wondered what was so different about him and Tommy that made him so unlikeable. "No, but Tommy's my guest so it's my fucking fault."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "No! It's fucking not! Everyone is gonna be talking about how you couldn't keep it in your fucking pants and pissed off one of them!" Annabelle couldn't understand why Tommy wasn't getting it. "No? Izzys dad already thinks that Nick is fucking scum! Your my guest so now, you've just proven his point! God!" She shouted. She was getting upset not, that's how angry she was. "You're so fucking selfish, Tommy! how can you see that she's not worth it? She hasn't even come out to make sure that you're okay!"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link laughed as Emilie told him to shut up but he could definitely understand why. Annabelle was probably in the worst mood he had seen her in. He liked that it was always he and Emilie against anything else. He liked that the two of them always seemed to have one anothers backs. "Did my parents see?" He knew that his mother wouldn't have liked it and, if she had, he would definitely be in for it when he got home.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo wondered where the two of them would be in a few years... and it was that thought which worried him, which made him pause when he thought about getting back with Edie. He loved her, he knew that. But the thought of something happening to her, of her doing something to herself and he was to lose her as well... Theo was almost certain it would consume him entirely if that happened. "Yeah, of course." Theo smiled at her, "Anything you need, Edes. You know that." He felt selfish to admit that he was definitely looking forwards to just spending some alone time with Edie.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Freddie shook his head. It was things like this that made him put off even thinking about proposing to Grace - because he knew her dad didn't like him and he wouldn't be able to keep his temper if the man was looking at him the way Mr. Fontaine was looking at Nick. "How the fuck do you deal with this, mate?" He muttered with a shake of his head. He was genuinely looking for tips.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Yeah, exactly! Me! Not you, not your brother! What's the big fucking deal?! I don't care what they say about me! Who the fuck are those people anyway?" Tommy shouted back, shaking his head. He was in too privileged of a position to be bothered, because he knew that nobody would put the blame on him. "Why are you getting upset, Anna? Just calm down, it's fucking fine. I won't do it again." He rolled his eyes, but his back was up again as she mentioned Florence. "Because I'm obviously fucking okay. She doesn't need to."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Gabe sighed as Tommy continued to argue. He didn't get it, he didn't get why Tommy couldn't just say sorry and admit he was in the wrong. He hated seeing Annabelle so upset, especially when she had reason to be. "Tommy, just admit you shouldn't have done it, mate..." He sighed quietly. He very rarely gave any input into arguments like this, but he had to at least try and stand up for Annabelle.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Everybody always said that Emilie and Annabelle were two peas in a pod and even though their tempers definitely matched one another's, she knew that she would've lunged for Tommy by now - so she was proud of Annabelle for keeping it as calm as she did. She shrugged her shoulders at Link's question. "Probably." She admitted - she wasn't about to lie to him, after all. "Do you want to stay at mine?" She was sure his parents would give him hell if he went home.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: If you asked Edie where she thought she'd be in a year, she genuinely wouldn't have an answer - and she knew she couldn't put Theo through that, not after what happened to his brother. It was better that she didn't. This was hers to deal with, she knew that. "I know. Still wanna ask though." She laughed softly, squeezing his hand. She doubted that Annabelle would even come home tonight - she was sure she'd be at Gabe's, so she was excited to spend the night just her and Theo.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Fucking years of practice." Nick muttered. He had never tried to get Mr Fontaines approval and, up until recently, he hadn't thought that he needed to try anymore. Nick was used to people not liking him, it just stung even more when he was Izzys father, and her brothers seemed to think he was totally justified. Jacob was one of his closest friends but he wondered if he had made that friendship up, now. "Graces dad is the same though, right?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Because you're a fucking reflection on him! You really don't get it at all, do you?! You're Nicks guest, you wouldn't have even been there if he hadn't made it happen. He vouched for you and you made a fucking massive scene! That's going to go back on him! Do you get it now you dumb fuck?!" She turned away from him then. Annabelle was almost certain that she would've punched him if she didn't. She had promised her brother that everything would be fine, that none of her friends would cause a fuss and then Tommy had done that. “Don't fucking tell me to calm down and that you won't do it again. Because you will. Because you can't fucking help yourself!" Annabelle loved Tommy most of the time but she was really started to get to the end of her wick with him. "Yeah, okay. Or it's because she's just using you because you're the dangerous fucking bad boy." She rolled her eyes. She couldn't understand why Tommy didn't see it.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link knew that things weren't going to end well now. One of them needed to walk away or there was going to be blood, he was sure. "It's for the fucking best, Tommy." Link shrugged his shoulders. He was sure that his friend knew he had done wrong but he knew him too well to know that he would just admit that without being pushed to do so. "yeah, please." Link nodded.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo knew though, that even if they were together or not, if anything ever happened to Edie, it would hurt like hell. He looked down at her for a moment before he sighed, "You know you can talk to me about anything, right?" He muttered, not able to look at her, "I just mean - I know we're not together anymore but I wanna be there for you. I - er - It's not like those kind of feelings just disappear, you know?"

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "You're a better man than me, I'm telling you." Freddie shook his head. There was not a chance he could deal with any of it - although he hadn't even known Nick when he and Izzy had first started seeing each other, so he had no idea how he'd handled it then. "Oh yeah, can't fucking stand the fella. And the feeling's mutual." He laughed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Then why the fuck did you push for me to come?! Did you really think I'd be bothered if I didn't get to come to the little shindig?! I think I'd have handled it, Annabelle!" Tommy shook his head. He just wanted to go, if he was honest. Especially as Link and Gabe started to chime in. "Oh, who the fuck asked both of you?" He snapped at them, rolling his eyes. "Fuck off, Annabelle. Do you really want to talk about using people? Have you got an opinion on that one, Gabe? Or are you both just happy pretending she doesn't use you whenever she's sick of her dickhead of a boyfriend?" He laughed, raising an eyebrow. "Don't fucking invite me anymore then, Annabelle. See if I give a fuck."

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: He was one of his best friends, but sometimes Gabe really hated how Tommy spoke to him and the others - when he got like this, it seemed like there was no stopping him. "Tommy, don't." He sighed. It was like he just searched for whatever he could find to hurt them and he was sick of it. "Anna, let's just go..." He sighed. He could see that she was so angry she was upset and he hated that - he didn't want the night to end like that for her. Not because of Tommy. If they left now, they could at least turn it around, he thought.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie nodded her head as Link confirmed he wanted to stay at hers; she knew Kurt would hate it, but she never told him when he stayed over and she wasn't planning on changing that now. She rolled her eyes as Tommy spoke. "Tommy, fuck off. Just take the loss and go. You sound like a fucking loser." She shook her head. She raised an eyebrow, almost daring him to speak back to her.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie nodded as Theo spoke, but she sighed slightly; she knew he would always be there for her, but she hated that it meant it was obvious that something was wrong. She hated how her brain would trick her into believing there was a huge problem and the next second, remind her she was fine. She felt totally fine now. "I know... And I would talk to you, if something was wrong. But I'm fine." She reassured him, hoping it was at least a little bit convincing. She shook her head sadly. "No, they don't go away." Hers had only grown, if possible.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Years of practice. You know about the time I punched Chandler at thanksgiving, right?" Nick asked with a laugh. Sometimes, he forgot that Freddie wasn't always around. And he found it even stranger that both Grace and Izzy had gone from Chandler to the complete opposite. "Don't you think it's fucking weird? Surely they'd know how much we'd piss their dads off." He shook his head slightly. He almost thought that Izzy had done it on purpose in the early days.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle was about to go inside, about to stop listening to whatever bullshit Tommy was saying... when he mentioned Gabe and she couldn't help it. It was like she saw red. She turned back around and punched him square in the face. Annabelle was almost certain it hurt her fist more than it hurt Tommy but she didn't care, it felt good. "Fuck you." She growled at him. "Don't fucking worry. I won't be talking to you ever again." Even though, deep down, she knew that they would be fine the next day. She looked at Gabe, then, "Lets go."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Although he knew that he should've expected it, Link didn't think that Tommy would've brought Gabe into it like that... though he didn't exactly think that Tommy was saying anything that wasn't true. It was rich that Annabelle said Florence was using Tommy, when that was exactly what Annabelle was doing with Gabe. He cringed as Annabelle punched him. "Alright - home time." He muttered to his friend. Although he had just said he would stay at Emilies, he knew that he couldn't leave Tommy, not when everyone else was so mad at him.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo was so afraid of saying the wrong thing to Edie. He wanted to make her happy, to make her feel safe but he didn't know how to do that. He couldn't do it for himself so he didn't know how he was supposed to do that for someone else. He loved Edie but he didn't know how to help her anymore. "I know you are." He nodded, a small smile on his face. He wouldn't say otherwise, unless she did. Theo never wanted to make Edie feel unfcomortable, that was for sure.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "No, I wasn't there for that! But I fucking hate that guy, too." Freddie laughed, raising an eyebrow. He wished he had seen that one - he would've loved to get a punch in himself, if he was honest. "Yeah, they definitely knew. Sometimes I reckon that's why they did it, even if it they didn't realise." He chuckled. It didn't really bother him, if that was the case. Even if it was the reason it had initially attracted the girls, it certainly wasn't the reason they'd stayed.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy had pretty much thought he'd won, until he felt Annabelle's fist slamming into his face. "What the fuck, you crazy fucking -- what the fuck, Annabelle?!" He practically roared at her, holding his hand up to his nose to check if it was bleeding. He had an audition the day after next and he knew he wasn't booking it now, not a chance. "There you go, again! Does your boyfriend know where you're going?" He shouted, but then he turned his back to them all, wiping his bloodied nose with the back of his hand. "I'm fucking going." He muttered. He wondered where Florence was, if she would be coming with him.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie couldn't help but let out a shocked laugh as Annabelle hit Tommy - it was exactly what she would've done and she couldn't help feeling like he deserved it. He always knew the stuff he said was out of order, but he said it anyway. She looked at Annabelle with the tiniest of smiles, knowing that her friend would know what it meant.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Gabe winced as Annabelle punched Tommy - he wished that hadn't happened, but he thought that it was probably a long time coming. He sighed as Annabelle spoke, crossed between leaving with her and staying to help Tommy... But he knew Tommy wouldn't want anybody's help, he'd be too embarrassed, so he nodded his head and began walking. Annabelle needed him more than Tommy did.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Edie smiled as Theo agreed with her, reaching into her bag for her keys and opening the door. She knew that he probably thought she wasn't okay, but she wasn't lying when she said that right now, she felt fine. It was just that it wouldn't last for very long. "Come on," she smiled as she got the door open after fiddling with the handle for a bit. It wasn't like they lived in the best apartment, after all. "Do you want a drink? I need some water." She muttered, going straight over to the sink.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Of course you do." Nick laughed. He couldn't really remember what the fight with Chandler was about but he remembered that it felt good to punch him. He could understand why Izzys dad might not have liked him after that but since then, he thought that he had done quite a bit to calm himself down. "On some kind of subconcious level?" He asked with a raise of an eyebrow.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle almost wanted to go back when she heard him call her crazy. She almost wanted to show him just how crazy she could be but she thought better of it. Tommy was still her friend at the end of the day. "I swear to god - if he doesn't watch his mouth, i'll fucking kill him." She muttered to Gabe and she was sure that her friend knew she was serious. She was so angry at Tommy, even more so than she had been when it was just the fight inside.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence had spent a good half an hour to an hour just calming her parents down. She was glad that neither of them mentioned Tommy, though. They were more focused on Harrisons behaviour, which she probably should've realised was the case. But when she was done with them, she headed outside to see if she could see Tommy. "Hey -- wait up." She called after him, spotting him just starting to leave.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link was about to follow Tommy when he heard Florences voice. He rolled his eyes as hr turned back to look at Emilie. "I don't think I'm ever going to fucking get it." He sighed. He didn't think he would ever really know the appeal those two had for one another. But at least it meant that he got to spend the rest of the night with Emilie, he thought that, that was a bonus.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Theo wondered if things could've been different. He wondered if he could've done more to help her, to make sure that she was more okay now. Theo put a lot of pressure on himself to be the way he was and he wished that he could fix everything. He tried his hardest. Theo quickly followed her into the apartment. "I could go for some water." He smiled with a nod of his head. "do you want me to cook anything? Order something?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Something like that." Nick nodded in agreement. Though he had come to realise that Chandler probably wasn't as bad as he had thought he was, he still didn't like the guy. He didn't like that he had some kind of hold over Izzy and vice versa for so long. Though he tried to. "It does. It's fucking weird though to think about it that way."

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Annabelle shook her head, "I mean it, Gabe. I don't want to talk to him again. I've never been so pissed off at him before. " She was so still shaking because of how angry she was. She had thought that Nick would get to have one good night, showed everyone that he was more than worthy of Izzy. He hated that Tommy had messed that up and she especially hated that it was because of Florence.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Florence knew that her parents would probably have an issue with her going after Tommy too but she didn't care. She was old enough to make her own decisions. "Oh - they forbade me to ever see Harrison again. What a shame." She rolled her eyes before she laughed slightly, "What happened to you?!" He definitely hadn't looked that bad when she had left him.

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: Link laughed at Emilie as she spoke, "Really? Hadn't noticed." It was clear that Emilie and Florence were never going to get along and, sometimes, he wondered if Tommy kept toying with Florence to piss Emilie off. He knew that his friend wasn't above being that petty after all. "I'm not sure your boyfriend would like the last part." He laughed, nudging Emilie, "Want me to order takeaway on the way? Chinese?"

NG FM AG GH FM LC TC: "Thanks." Theo smiled, taking his glass and taking a small sip. He hadn't been drinking so he could only imagine what Edie was feeling. "No, I'm good." He smiled. He didn't want to intrude on her stuff, her space. He knew that neither Edie nor Annabelel really had much for themselves.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Freddie liked that not liking Chandler was another thing he and Nick had in common - it felt like he'd known the man a lot longer than he actually had and he didn't have too many friends like that. He didn't even like Jacob very much, even though he and Nick seemed to be friends. "Really fucking weird. Better just not to think about it." He laughed with a shrug of his shoulders.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "You don't have to. After that punch, I don't think he'll be dying to talk to you." Gabe shrugged his shoulders. He knew they would be friends again within a couple of days, but he didn't think that was worth mentioning to Annabelle right now. "What can I do to make it better? Do you want food? More to drink? I'll do a funny dance?" He grinned, just trying to cheer her up.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Tommy laughed, rolling his eyes sarcastically. "What a shame, you must be heartbroken." He had no idea why Florence went for boys like Harrison when they were so boring - when he was so different to them, but he was just glad she was with him now. "Annabelle." He muttered, knowing that just the name would be enough of an answer. His nose wasn't broken, he knew that, but it still hurt - badly.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: Emilie laughed, in spite of herself. She didn't even try to pretend that she liked Florence and she knew the other girl wouldn't pretend to like her either. "Really? I thought we did the whole best friend act really well." She laughed. "Oh yeah, because I'm just not gonna bother putting anything else on. You'd be so lucky." She laughed, nudging him jokingly. "Yeah, perfect. And order a lot, because I'm not kidding, I'm really hungry. What the fuck was with the tiny portions?" She chuckled.

IF JF FH TM GS EH EC EG CS: "Are you sure? I mean, it's all vegan stuff so you probably wouldn't enjoy it, but the offer is there." Edie laughed, shrugging her shoulders. She knew that she and Annabelle didn't exactly have a lot, but there was nothing she wouldn't give to Theo as long as she had it. She refilled her glass and started to walk over to her room, beckoning for him to join. It was so much nicer in there than the living room.

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Grateful Dead Monthly: Lindley Meadows (Golden Gate Park) – San Francisco, CA 9/28/75

On Sunday, September 28, 1975, the Grateful Dead played a concert at Golden Gate Park’s Lindley Meadows in San Francisco, California.

Lindley Meadows

From the Wiki: “In the 1860s, San Franciscans began to feel the need for a spacious public park similar to [NYC’s] Central Park. Golden Gate Park was carved out of unpromising sand and shore dunes that were known as the Outside Lands, in an unincorporated area west of San Francisco’s then-current borders.” Frederick Law Olmsted was the driver. He was the guy who conceptualized Central Park, and later Jackson and Washington Parks in Chicago, as well as the whole shebang for Chi’s 1893 Columbian Exposition and most of the nearby U of C campus. Olmstead “proposed a plan for a park using native species suited for San Francisco’s dry climate; however, the proposal was rejected in favor of a Central Park-style park needing extensive irrigation.” Nice try, man.

The park got a Commissioner in 1871, and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department began overseeing its development. Between then and now, it’s been basically urban green space. Per the Wiki, GGP is roughly the same shape as Central Park, but twenty-percent bigger. It’s bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the West and the Haight on the East. And it’s the third most-visited park in the United States, after Central Park and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

So Lindley Meadows?

See the oval on the left side of that sat pic? It’s Golden Gate Park Polo Field. Apparently, Lindley Meadows is the green area that sits just above its northeast corner. Guys, I’ve never been to California, much less SF. I’m not a super-traveled person, so some of these venue write-ups seem poser-y. They’re not intended to be. Apologies for the lack of local knowledge, and feel free to add anything like that below the line.

The Dead played exactly four shows in 1975. On 3/25, they played a benefit for San Francisco Students Need Athletics, Culture, and Kicks (SF SNACK) with the Doobies, the Starship, Santana, Dylan & Baez, and Neil Young. The band’s set was comprised of the Blues for Allah material that everybody pretends to dig (but nobody really does). I’m not familiar with that show. On 6/17, they played at Winterland, and the setlist was also BFA-forward. I’m not familiar with that show, either, but, according to the Grateful Dead of the Day blog, it gets attention nowadays. On 8/13, they played at the Great American Music Hall – that’s One from the Vault, and we’ve covered it before. Finally, on 9/28, they played at Lindley Meadows. Single set show, which clocks in at just under two hours. A lot of BFA material, but a lot of well-toured and well-beloved chestnuts, too.

Photo credit: Alvan Meyerowitz

In a 2008 post about this show, the Grateful Dead Listening Guide blog makes two points. First, there’s an absolutely epic audience recording. To wit: “[T]his is one of the audience tapes that historically was said to have been recorded by the band (Phil Lesh in particular) from the stage itself … It is absolutely one of the very best of the best AUDs. But Phil didn’t tape it. Phil didn’t make any tapes.”

GDLB continues, and this is great:

“[B]efore this century [meaning the ’00s], if you weren’t in the most enshrined trading circles, you couldn’t find a complete copy of this AUD to save your life (and the real deal master itself only just went into circulation in May 2008). When you might have run into this recording (I was lucky enough to score 45 minutes of the show on cassette about 12 years ago), there was no way you could accept that it was an AUD at all. Clearly Phil and the band had to have had a hand in making this tape, right? It just sounded WAY too good. And there was the fact that there were a painful amount of right channel dropouts throughout the tape which allowed you to appreciate the quality, but never really left you wanting to listen to the tape again because of the pain involved in those dropouts.

Then the SBD came on the scene, sounding super duper. Someone digitized the AUD (a multi-gen version) and spent the time patching the dropouts with the left channel – palatable now, the AUD was a dizzying drink from the fountain of audience magic. Well friends, that was nothing…

I’m not going to attempt to document the story of taper Bob Menke here on these pages. Let’s just say that BadBob (his own moniker) bleeds the history of Grateful Dead taping and collecting. He’s one of those fellows whose name lands in the inner circle when playing the dart game of Dead tapers. ‘Nuff said. Menke’s story has been one of clouded half truths, misunderstandings, and mystery in the eyes of tape collectors. Over the last number of years, the real Bob Menke has made his way into the digital scene, so a lot of the mystery has faded. But, it sure did fuel the fires that made this particular tape one of such grand story telling. This is one to tell the grandkids about, to be sure.

So Menke recently digitally transferred his master, and the MOTB crew [dunno] finished it off with heroic editing (glad I didn’t face this task). And now we have this AUD for the ages, in its most beautiful glory.

The recording is so good, it makes the AUD vs. SBD debate seem silly. It’s a little unfair, like bringing an NBA all star off the bench at a junior high basketball game. So much so, that it’s fair for a SBD supporter to cry foul – ‘Oh, well, 09/28/75! You can’t talk to me about that show. That’s not fair.’ Regardless, when you want to know what it might have sounded like pressed up against the stage for this hallmark Dead show in the year after they retired (you may never see them again), this is it my friends. Cripplingly good.”

There’s a link to the Menke AUD below, but on to the second point. Apparently, the band was “high” – as in, their performance was chemically enhanced by LSD. Again, GDLG:

“Then there’s the well enough substantiated story that the band was higher than kites for this show. While it has always been very well understood that this band played under the influence of LSD many many many times, there are some shows that come to mind when Deadheads talk about shows where the band was ‘known’ to have been chemically altered for sure: 08/27/72, 05/11/78, and 09/28/75 among them. So, this places an extra special sparkle to re-living the day’s concert when listening.

Also, there is the fact that a baby was born during the show [check banter after Slipknot!], with the band and stage announcers doing their best to help.”

Acid, a baby, and no deaths? It’s like a good time Altamont. Right, Jerry?

GDOTD offers some listening notes:

“It opens with a sharp and focused Help On The Way before heading into a moody Slipknot!, which rages in the latter half. Rather than transitioning into Franklin’s at that point, as they had during the two other times they had paired those songs, the Slipknot! ends, and they launch into a smoking The Music Never Stopped. On that tune, Donna adds lovely backing vocals, as she does throughout the afternoon.”

More GDOTD:

“[A]fter a bit of banter, they finally hit the Franklin’s Tower, playing in mind-meld form throughout with Phil throwing down and the entire band contributing to a seismic jam after the ‘listen to the music play’ line. Then, Bobby announces that they will be playing a cowboy tune, before rolling into Big River, throughout which Keith serves up some incredible fills. After It Must Have Been The Roses, a marvelous Truckin’ takes off and eventually steers into a blistering jam … [T]he boys slow things up just a notch, Phil rains down a series of bombs, and Jerry streaks around before ceding the stage to the drummers. The Drums themselves are transcendent, but the Stronger Than Dirt that follows is face melting. What’s more, the transition into Not Fade Away is rapturous as the drummers drive on the change, but the rest of the guys resist, teasing out the last of the Stronger Than Dirt theme while slowly falling to the inevitable momentum of NFA. And what a Not Fade Away it turns out to be with serious, imaginative jamming all the way through to the Going Down The Road Feeling Bad, which is itself resplendent. Then One More Saturday Night caps the show in rocking, high-energy fashion.”

That’s cool, but there are listening notes, and then there’s our guy. Without further ado, here’s everyone’s favorite. The master of zero disasters, the king of schwing, the 88’s tickler, the Peloton’s boss, the cherry on top, the sun behind that one annoying cloud, the reason that outside cats come back home, the guy who rolled his eyes at all those Dos Equis commercials b/c #beentheredonethat, the Ig influencer behind @31daysofdead, and the better half of this gotdam thing. Man/myth/legend is just a trope until you meet him in person. He’s handsome; he’s erudite. He’s a man beyond description and, in his rare spare time, a member of Jehovah’s favorite choir. He’ll break it down, fo’realize. Ladies and Gentlemen, LN Grateful Deaditor, ECM…

“Hey now, kids! Today we’ve got some ‘Hiatus Dead’ for you. As most of you know, Hiatus Dead refers to that period of time between 10/20/74 (Winterland) and 6/3/76 (Portland, OR) when the Grateful Dead took some time off from touring. During this period, the band played only four shows, all of them in 1975. The show JF and I are featuring in this month’s edition of Grateful Dead Monthly – September 28, 1975 – is the last of those 4 shows and it would be the last show for over 8 months. This show is unique for a lot of other reasons too. First, it was a free show in Lindley Meadows in Golden Gate Park at a time when that kind of thing didn’t happen anymore like it did back in the 60’s. Another thing the band hadn’t done in a long while was play a show while they were tripping. Legend has it that they revisited that part of their past as well on this day. Although this has never been confirmed, it sure makes for a good story and at least seems plausible given the overall strangeness and looseness of the music compared with their very tight performance at the Great American Music Hall just a month prior on August 13th. In addition, unlike most GD shows where the band is virtually mute, here there is a lot of funny and odd stage banter – Bobby’s joke about getting around to all the old favorites that they can remember, the calls for a doctor to attend to the woman in the audience that was going into labor and Phil clarifying for the crowd that Truckin’ is NOT pronounced Truck-ing.

Another factor making this show unique is the weather which was unseasonably chilly for September. With temperatures down in the 50’s, it felt more like November than September which brings us to another unique aspect about this show – the band’s attire. Instead of Bobby wearing his signature Lacoste polo shirt and cutoff shorts, on this day he is wearing a Pendelton jacket with bell-bottoms. And, Garcia is rocking a leather jacket with Puma sneakers(!) While we are talking about attire, let’s also talk about instruments. This was allegedly the debut of Jerry’s new guitar, Travis Bean. It’s the guitar that he would use until 9/28/77 when he started playing his Doug Irwin Wolf again. Keith plays an electric Fender Rhodes the entire show. These two instruments certainly influenced the sound of the band that day.

Which brings us to the MUSIC…

The Grateful Dead played one set which clocked in at approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. They opened with Help>Slipknot. It’s the third one ever but just the second with lyrics. Jerry botches the last verse. It happens. Slipknot! is the third one but the first not going into Franklin’s Tower. It is played slowly, but deliberately, and they pull off the complex arrangement with flying colors. However, things come to a rather abrupt end when they call a halt because Jerry apparently breaks a string – he is audibly absent in the closing riffs. This is the point when the woman is having a baby too. 

Once everything on stage is ironed out and a doctor is located for the woman in labor, the band launches into the Music Never Stopped. It is only the second performance and is a mere 6 minutes. Donna crushes her verse. This early version has only a few bars of the drifty mid-jam section and then charges right into the ending jam which only hints at the potential that it would soon become. Once the song concludes there are more stage announcements. A doctor has been located and now there are pleas for a stretcher.

“Oh, man. That’s weird. A stretcher?”

They Love Each Other is up next – perhaps inspired by the woman having the baby(?). Either way, it’s the first in over 1½ years and the first without the bridge section. This performance has a unique sound and tempo that is played somewhere in between the peppy versions from the 1973-74 era and the slower versions from the 1976 and later era. It is almost reggae-like. Jerry gives it a sensitive reading – sweet and subdued in its expressiveness. Afterwards Phil comes to the microphone to tell the father of the newborn child that his help is needed (Help on the Way?). That’s when Bobby comes to the microphone to assure the fans who are calling out requests that ‘we will get around to all the old favorites that we can remember.’ Cheers and laughter ensue to which Bobby responds, ‘you wouldn’t be laughing if you knew what that meant.’

Bobby cameltoe, ftw.

With the the band launches into a spirited version of one of their oldest songs from their first album – Beat it on Down the Line. Maybe this was a musical message to the father of the newborn baby to get moving and help his wife(?) Weir’s old buddy and bandmate from Kingfish, Mattew Kelly joins on harmonica. His playing is faint, but present, and adds a nice counterpoint to Jerry’s guitar. 

The band completes the piece of their musical triptych that is missing due to the equipment and baby interruptions by playing a stand-alone Franklin’s Tower from a cold start. It is the third version ever and it is exquisite. The drums are groovin’ and Jerry’s on fire especially after the ‘if you get confused, listen to the music play’ line. Great call and response at the end. This is the song that made it onto the abbreviated version [featuring one song from every year] of the box-set 30 Trips Around the Sun that appears on Spotify.

There are more calls from the audience for songs – apparently somebody is calling for Truckin’ but Phil does not like the way the fan is pronouncing it. ‘Did I hear someone say TRUCK-ING? That’s not how you say it. You don’t say TRUCK-ING. But anyway, we’re not gonna play that now. We’re gonna play something else.’ Weir then comes to the microphone to announce that ‘Billy would like to make a small point to the fact that we’re playing a cowboy tune.’ That leads into rootin-tootin’ version of Big River which has nice solos from Jerry and Keith. 

A letter-perfect reading of It Must Have Been The Roses follows. Jerry’s voice is at its pure, sweet unaffected peak. Excellent vocal harmonies from Jerry and Donna. Keith’s work on the electric piano provides the perfect accompaniment.

Phil returns to his Truck-ING banter which signals that the band is now ready to play it. Weir warns the crowd that he’s not going to remember the words, and he makes good on his promise by not only forgetting most of them, but also forgetting to sing part of the second verse at all.  No worries. The jam that follows is fantastic thanks in large part to all the tight material the band had been playing over the past year when they were rehearsing and recording Blues for Allah. There is some heated controversy among fans about the jam that comes out of Truckin’. Some have said that it is The Eleven. In fact, the 30 Trips box set refers to it that way. I don’t hear it but it’s an exciting jam for sure! To me, it sounds more like a King Solomon’s/Stronger Than Dirt groove which is what the band segues into following Drums. This is the fourth and final King Solomon’s. It’s definitely the loosest.There are a few rough spots at first it recovers and maintains a solid groove.

There is a loose transition into Not Fade Away. The lead in is funky and rockin.’ Garcia peels off a slide-flavored, acid-drenched solo which is the start of a long, spacey transition to GDTRFB which is also funky with some amazing energy. Saturday Night caps the show in rocking, high-energy fashion. a hoarse-sounding Phil bids the audience farewell, ‘Let’s have another party like this again sometime.’ And with that, the band slipped back into hibernation mode and would not perform again for another eight months.”

As Ed mentioned, this show is part of the massive 30 Trips Around the Sun box set.

And it’s still on the Live Music Archive. Transport to the soundboard recording HERE, a matrix recording HERE, and Menke’s audience recording HERE. According to Menke,

“It was an overcast day and we got there early. About 8:30 in the morning. That is how we ended up about 10-15 feet from the stage. The mics were mounted on broom sticks (handheld) and they were split about 20 feet apart. The upfront vocals I believe are the product of a small (relative to PA speakers) speaker on the floor of the stage next to the right PA column. The vocals seem to be blasting from that speaker. Another very intersting point is the fact that the Jefferson Starship opened and their sound from the same PA absolutely sucked. Nothing approaching the clarity and sound quality the Dead got from the same system.”

There you go.

More soon.

JF

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[sunshine-zenith]

@trapped-in-Homestuck-hell2017 tagged me to do this thing (thanks mate. This hellsite still won't let me tag you for some reason heck) Rules: answer 11 questions, then come up with 11 questions of your own and tag people 1. what do you think of my handsome boy??? Helios is such a lovely and unique cat, just like his owner. He seems sweet, and even though he didn't seem to like me, he's very likable and respectable 2. if you could ban a food from ever being eaten ever, what would it be? I'm a picky eater, and a vast majority of the things that revolt me are things other people seem to universally adore for some reason. As a result, out of respect for other people, I can't go out and ban anything because I know it will be from a biased minority decision, and that's not far for anyone. However, I would love to ban people eating melted cheese, ketchup, and salad dressing near me (because the smell is enough to have me gag jf) 3. how cats??? Many much good 4. favorite meme? I like most memes pre-mutation, especially if they really don't pock fun at other people's interest or get repetitive. Specific memes would be good old fashion cat memes, text post memes, and inappropriate addition songs meme (I know, I know, a wee bit out dated here) 5. least favorite meme? Repetitive memes and overly mutated memes always make me feel strangely overwhelmed, and I really can't enjoy memes that imply you can't enjoy the media it's based off of unironically (like most Bee Movie memes. I do like the script one, tho) (Also you did two 5s, making this a 12 question quiz technically. Unless this was just an extension of 4) 5. on a scale of one to ten, how gay are you? Cake 6. how do you cook your steak? Yes i will judge you based on your answer. On a grill, Medium rare to medium well 7. when was the last time you had a healthy sleep schedule? I don't know. I try to go to bed at reasonable hours, and I've got my alarm set even in summer, but there's a difference between Going To Bed and Going To Sleep. I've more or less dealt with insomnia since I was a baby from what my parents say 8. would you smooch an alien? a green alien? an angry green alien? a smol angery green alien? would you smooch peridot??? If an alien needed a smooch, I would smooch any of them 9. favorite place to sit that is not designed for seating? bed is excluded from your possible answers. Tables and the kitchen counter. Desks work too 10. what cringe phase did you go through? I dunno. My first middle school had a uniform (not to mention I really didn't have much control over my wordrobe otherwise at times), and after that, I've basically been to anxious to dress/act in any potentially cringey way. I used to really get into fandoms when I was younger (part of why I'm so quiet on things like that these days is I'm worried about annoying others), but I usually had family who kinda got into it with me. I dunno. Maybe I'm going through a cringe phase now 11. Will you start a back and forth war with me in tagging each other in this and honoring it repeatedly? No. I could stuff this with likely flimsy reasons, but they don't matter. If you tagged me in other ask memes- or even this one every few weeks, then yes, probably. I love learning about you and anyone else who might tag me, but...ehh.... Sorry I was tagged in another of these, so to avoid muddling things, I'll think up questions and tag people going off that one in the morning

[notreallymaddy]

all the questions :D

Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? Spotify

is your room messy or clean? messy

what color are your eyes? blue/green/grey

do you like your name? why? not really i just never really have

what is your relationship status? HAHAHAH i dunno actually

describe your personality in 3 words or less: sarcastic, minimalistic

what color hair do you have? black

what kind of car do you drive? color? i have like 4 cars rn im driving a red 82 rx-7

where do you shop? everywhere mainly

how would you describe your style? lol what style

favorite social media account twitter

what size bed do you have? queen

any siblings? one brother and hes my best friend

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why? i dont really know tbh i used to say london but im not sure anymore

favorite snapchat filter? the star crown

favorite makeup brand(s): urban decay and tarte

how many times a week do you shower? 7-9

favorite tv show? futurama

shoe size? 8 in womens

how tall are you? 5/4

sandals or sneakers? sneakers

do you go to the gym? i go swimming like 3x a week

describe your dream date: star gazing

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment? $2

what color socks are you wearing? none

how many pillows do you sleep with? as many as possible

do you have a job? what do you do? music office assistant right now

how many friends do you have? about 5-6 really close ones

whats the worst thing you have ever done? weed

whats your favorite candle scent? anything that smells like laundry

3 favorite boy names: peter, Jasper, and wyatt

3 favorite girl names: charlotte, jess and i cant think of a third

favorite actor? dont have one 

favorite actress?

who is your celebrity crush?

favorite movie? boondock saints

do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? the book thief

money or brains? brains

do you have a nickname? what is it? maddy?

how many times have you been to the hospital? too many

top 10 favorite songs hmu for my spotify account

do you take any medications daily? iron pills, anti depressents and caffeinne pills

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc) oily

what is your biggest fear? nothing like being nothing

how many kids do you want? 2

whats your go to hair style? just rolled out of bed sex hair

what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc)

who is your role model? my brother

what was the last compliment you received? “you’re really very pretty”

what was the last text you sent? “i despise you”

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real? like 9

what is your dream car? Mclaren p1

opinion on smoking? i smoke cigs and dont like weed but ive got nothing against it

do you go to college? ya rn

what is your dream job? anything doing music

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? rural

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? nah im particular 

do you have freckles? ya

do you smile for pictures? nah

how many pictures do you have on your phone? 1439

have you ever peed in the woods? yes

do you still watch cartoons? like futrama

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds? vegetarian

Favorite dipping sauce? honey mustard

what do you wear to bed? big shirt

have you ever won a spelling bee? yeah i went to nationals

what are your hobbies? playing music and writing 

can you draw? no

do you play an instrument? i play 9

what was the last concert you saw? the 1975

tea or coffee? tea

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? starbucks

do you want to get married? i think so

what is your crush’s first and last initial? jf

are you going to change your last name when you get married? ya

what color looks best on you? black

do you miss anyone right now? yeah

do you sleep with your door open or closed? closed

do you believe in ghosts? i think so

what is your biggest pet peeve? bad drivers

last person you called: josh

favorite ice cream flavor? mint chocolate chip

regular oreos or golden oreos? regular

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? rainbow

what shirt are you wearing? a blood donation

what is your phone background? an alpaca

are you outgoing or shy? a mix

do you like it when people play with your hair? oh god ya

do you like your neighbors? nah

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning? both

have you ever been high? yes

have you ever been drunk? lmao yes

last thing you ate? an orange

favorite lyrics right now: “bohemian nightmare dustbowl chic”

summer or winter? when its winter, summer, when its winter, summer

day or night? night

dark, milk, or white chocolate? dark

favorite month? october

what is your zodiac sign sag

who was the last person you cried in front of? josh

[yeahwesaidthat]

TWWS: The Best of D&D

Ladiiiiiiiies and gentlemeeeeeeeeeeen! Welcome to the ultimate showdown: THE BEST OF D&D!

This post contains the best of the best of the D&D/RPG posts over the years of TWWS, all the way from the beginning. At the end of the post, there will be a link to a survey where you can vote for your favourites in each category (other/3.5e, 4e, and 5e) and nominate MVPs for each category. If the person you want to vote MVP has only been referenced as “Player,” just note down what quote they’re responsible for. A week from today (or until enough of you fill out the survey), Round 2 of the competition begins.

Everybody roll for initiative!

Overheard During Other RPGs

During Hackmaster, about a bottle label: SB: “It says ‘Thou shalt not question the DM over inane shit!’”

Overheard During D&D 3.5e

Unarmed damage?: MM: “It’s the difference between a slap and a bitch-slap.”

So wrong it's right: MM (IC): “I like your spunk.” KH (OOC): “So does [gay player].”

Rogue equipment: KB (IC): “I need [boots] that are…soft-sounding.” MM (IC): “We have socks.”

Describing a character: SO: “She is built like a brick shithouse.” DM: “She shits brick houses.” Bubbles: “She makes brick houses shit bricks.”

When the party has two rogues: KH (IC): “I can find it!” KB (IC): “I can find it better.”

RD (IC): “[Wizard], if you do not stop right now, I will arrest you for terminal stupidity, and I can assure you, I will find a law against it!”

A discount on services rendered: SO: “What’s 75% off of ‘I run and do whatever you ask without question’?”

Calling for divine help in very specific situations: MM: “Please state your current medical emergency.” KB: “Head-splosion.” SO: “If you have been stabbed, press one. If you are currently being stabbed, press two.” MM: “If your head’s detonated and you’ve launched into a wall, press three.” RD: “Why did you press three? We never expected anyone to press three!” SO: “We don’t know what to do in this medical emergency! Please dial again!”

IO: “[Wizard] is going to say - ” KB: “Can I tell you why this is a bad idea?” IO: “No.”

Proper procedure when everything goes to hell: RD: “[Cleric] goes outside and makes a magic circle, sits in it, and cries.”

KH (IC): “That stupid fucking son of a flea-ridden bitch cunt wizard - ” MM (IC): “Oh, him.”

How to pray to the god Ao: KB, KH, and MM: “I throw my hands up in the air sometimes sayin’ heeeeey-oh! I worship Aaaaaaa-o!” Bubbles: “[The wizard’s] gaaaaaaaay-o!"

Overheard During D&D 4e

SIDE NOTE: A Quiplash commentary on D&D 4e: A more environment-friendly alternative to toilet paper - 4th ed character sheets

What we think we saw - again?: Player: “If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and weighs the same as a duck, it must be a witch.” KH: “It’s a witch.” RJ: “Build a bridge out of 'er!”

Healing needed: Player: “I have a mess kit, will that help?” WS: “Only if you want to make a mess.”

Captain: “Neverwinter ho!” Dwarf: “Hos? Where?”

SB: “Eventually you end up at the most popular stall in the market.” Player: “Porn?”

About attacking a character that may or may not be good: SB: “Wait, what’s your alignment?” Player: “Lawful Paranoid.”

Taunting the kraken: Player: “Your tentacles are so short even an anime girl wouldn’t take 'em!”

Questioning the legitimacy of an NPC: SB (IC as Priest): “I have a degree in polytheism from the University of Phoenix Online!”

Making sure it’s really dead: SB: "You kick the head and it goes sailing through the open door of the tomb. You hear a voice in the darkness go ’Gooooooooal!’”

Killing the undead: SB: “Congratulations, you choked something to death that doesn’t breathe.”

Mass undead murder: Player: “We made a ghoul-ash. An evil gumbo, really.”

Architecture: Player: “I like big buttresses and I cannot lie.”

Interesting kills: SB: “You decapitated him with a bludgeoning weapon.”

About flying books: Player 1: “The window opens in! How do they fly out?” Player 2: “They’re paperbacks."

Player: “Thank God I decided to engage the dragon in melee.” MW: “You’ll never hear that in any other D&D campaign ever again.”

Player: “Is the food still on the table?” Three Of Us: “DON’T EAT IT!!!”

Overheard During D&D 5e

Annoying Teen: (about his character) “Would he still hate me?” AD: (not about his character) “I think everyone hates you.”

Don’t mess with a dire bear: JI: “There’s one inside who attacks the bear…" (rolls) "...and misses horribly ‘cause he shits his pants.”

JI: “He doesn’t have 100 hit points. He has 95.”

Demonic insight: KH: “I say in Infernal, ‘Peace! We mean you no harm!’” JI: “There’s no word in Infernal for ‘peace.’” Retroactive Edit: Demons actually speak Abyssal. Devils speak Infernal.

Animal form disadvantages: AD: “I’m going to bite [the zombie].” Everyone Else: (mass noise of disgust)

JI: “You feel a pinch in your mind as if she’s flipping through your yellow pages.” AD: “That’s got to be a euphemism for something.” ST: “Oh, yeah, baby, turn my yellow pages.” JB: “Turn to ‘F’ for fun.”

What happens in every religious venue in every D&D campaign ever: JB: “Here is the church, here is the steeple,” KH: “Open the door, and here are the zombies.”

KH: “Did you sneak off to her house in the middle of the night?” ST: “Does that sound like something I would do?” KH, AD, and CD: “Yes.”

JI: “You guys came in here - ” AD: “ - like a wrecking ball - ”

Post-adventure considerations: KH: “[Rogue] wouldn’t know what to do with her life.” AD: “She can bail herself out of jail.”

Switching to melee for a change: CD: “Let’s see if this ‘offense’ thing you do all the time really works.” (rolls a critical hit)

The logistics of being swallowed by a sea monster: ST: “Am I going to take damage if I move further along his digestive tract?”

EC: “If you had leprosy and your ears fell off would you be a deaf leper?”

Identifying mysterious cults: KH: “What’s the Cult of Howling Hatred?” EC: “The Westboro Baptist Church, obviously.”

DR: “Apparently your god has personally intervened due to your badassery.”

A Mass Effect cameo on a dexterity check for dancing: EC: “If you roll a one, you dance like Shepard.”

EC (IC): “So what you’re saying is that it’s very dangerous and we shouldn’t go in. I’ll take point.”

Things to worry about in combat: KH: “You don’t have enough hit points to take it like a man, honey.”

The ends justify the means?: Bubbles: “Did you have fun role-playing an interrogation?” DR: “You guys are fucked up.”

KH: “How do you stun-lock a Terrasque?!?” JB: “Fourth Edition.”

ST: “Do we have to kill them before we eat? I hate murdering on an empty stomach.”

About a revenant and a possible lover: EC: “Well the beast is committing necrophilia and the necro is committing bestiality…” DR: “What happens in Faerun, et cetera.”

Rolling high on a seduction check: DR: “Frankly, I didn’t think you’d go down this road.” KH: “Oh, I went down all right.”

More on the seduction roll: Bubbles: “Try to convince her to come with us. The way she came with you last night.”

About a nonviolent kua-toa: Player: “He’s a paci-fish.”

About dealing with face-hugging enemies: CD: “You swung at yourself and missed?” AD: “I swung at myself and missed.”

ST (IC): “I’ll be staying in the boat unless you have need of my specific skills.” CD (OOC): “Dying first is not a skill.”

About cultists: DM (IC): “They are water people. Maybe they’re just going with the flow.”

About a minotaur who keeps missing: DM: “At least when you put a bull in a china shop he’ll break shit.”

About bottles of brandy: EC: “I have two questions: how many of them are there and how many of them can I carry?”

Ideas so bad they’re good: KH: “We’re gonna blow up the temple with the distillery.” F: “The temple, the lich, half the plot…”

About going forward: KH: “Against our better judgment.” DM: “What better judgment?” KH: “Good point.”

About shooting arrows: KH: “'Nock’ yourself out.”

About using a lot of magic: JS: “We’re blowing a big load here right now.”

JS: “You wanna go up the shaft?” ST and T: “That’s what he said.”

About flirting with an efreet: JI: “Below her waist is a trailing cloud of black smoke, so you’re not getting anything.”

Questioning the guardian imp: Player (IC): “What happens if someone disturbs the sarcophagus before your time is up?” WS (IC): “There’ll be six more weeks of winter.”

MR (IC): “Trying to undercut me on my quest to restore my former glory?” KH (IC): “You have no glory to restore.” Other Players: “Oooooooh!” SW: “Quick, someone cast heal!”

When talking with a spirit: MR (IC): “You can’t just ask someone if they’re dead! That’s incredibly rude! The correct term is ‘mortally challenged’!”

After a petrifying encounter with some basilisks: BC: “I always thought she was stone-hearted.” KT: “I dunno, I thought she rocked.” JS: “I am going to kill all of you.”

What to do with windmills: KH: “If we had a lance, we could go tilting.” MR: “Cavalier idea.”

Quest priorities: Player 1: “No one’s going to pay us to do it right now. It’s not worth the attention.”

JF: “Roll to see if you hit me by accident.” KH: “Oh, I’d hit you on purpose.”

K’s paladin chastising A’s paladin about her sex habits: A (IC): “I thought you were the paladin of joy!” K (IC): “Not that kind of joy!”

About a previous edition of D&D: KH: “[What] the hell couldn’t you do in 3.5?” SW: “Win.”

KH: “Technically you’re underage.” ST: “That’s never stopped me before.” AD: “You or your character?” ST: “Do I have to answer that?”

D: “We’re gonna make the Underdark great again!” ST: “We’re gonna build a wall - a really big wall in the Underdark, and we’re gonna make the gnomes pay for it.” A: “We pay for everything already! Screw you!”

About a character who caught fire: T: “He’s not rolling initiative; he’s rolling on the ground.”

T (IC): “Let’s go before the men’s egos get us killed.”

JB (IC): “My god believes in good opportunities. Not dying is a good opportunity.”

Passing on some bad news: JI (IC): “[Chief] not sick!” AD (IC): “He was when we were done with him.”

To a healer: KH (IC): “I don’t suppose you have a cure for the common cold?” JI (IC): “I’m not a miracle worker.”

Reassuring a woman scorned: AA (IC): “Go tell her - all men dogs.” JI (OOC): “Says the cat.”

To the tune of “Like a G6”: ST and KH: “Roll a d6, roll a d6!”

KH: “Of course it’s always about dirty sex - I’m a bard!” AD: “The hell are you two talking about down there?!”

To a mindflayer, about a stupid character: KH (IC): “I’d offer you his brain to eat, but I don’t think he has one.” JS (IC as mindflayer): “I don’t eat junk food.”

MGW: “It’s Tza…Zsa…his name is Jasper.”

Saying goodbye to the barkeep: MR (IC): “I’ll be back visiting the northern parts soon.” KH (OOC): “And then you can visit her southern parts.”

About a questionable NPC: ST (IC): “I would never dream of hurting you!” KH (IC): “I would.”

About prison visitations: JB (IC): “How often is it that a [gypsy] walks in here voluntarily?”

Failing a romance/persuasion check: AA: “Ooh, she cast Zone of Friend!”

Preparing for a swamp adventure: CD: “I want to buy some insect repellant.” AD: “What, your personality doesn’t drive them away?”

About a magic boat: JB (IC): “I saw it grow!” ST (IC): “Are you sure you didn’t rub it? That sometimes happens with wood.” JB (IC): “You would know.” ST (IC): “You wouldn’t.” JB (IC): “Tell that to my two children.”

About an injured drow: MGW (IC): “Look at that poor girl! She has a black eye! You can’t see it, ‘cause her skin is black, but still!”

Last-minute aliases: RD (IC): “Unfortunately, no, my name is Dick Ballsenshaft.”

To a half-orc and Sir Bearington, regarding weirdness: MGW (IC): “…but for me to assume you’re in a loving relationship with a talking bear is where we draw the line?!”

Wisdom for stealing magic items: KC: “Anything that glows goes.”

About fleeing: RD: “I’m going to run like an Amazon employee during the holidays.”

MGW: “You were doing so well until everybody died.” JF: “D&D in a summary.”

Once more about fleeing: RD: “A smart man knows when to run like a little bitch.” J: “Why do you think that’s the first thing I did?”

Recapping the previous session: A: “There was a shitshow, but we got away with it.” S: “So the usual, then.”

About creature size: MR: “Is an ettin large or huge?” MGW: “I think he’s just large.” A: “He’s probably large but pretends he’s huge.” AS: “Typical guy.”

When a pervy character is disgusted by a perv: RD: “Dear Kettle, I have an issue with your current hue. Signed, the Pot.”

A: “He told us to send a message.” KH: “A sword in the stomach is a message.” SW: “The Lannisters send their regards.”

The pervy paladin: A: “I used Lay On Hands. I healed him.” KH: “Yeah, but where did you lay your hands?” MGW: “Wherever she wanted.”

About our tactics: SW: “We put the 'fun’ in 'dysfunctional.’”

About possible activities: MGW (IC): “I know you’re a tiefling, but we’re all the same color in the dark, right?”

Interesting weapon material: MGW: “You all take a moment of reflective silence.” JB: “Nah, I’m just cleaning my bone.” KH: “Technically that’s a moment of reflective silence.” KC: “Not if you’ve seen the barbarian do it.”

Scrying like bad cell reception: KH: “Switch to AD&D.” JB: “Can you scry me now?”

About the taste of human: SW: “You would know.” A: “Nah, I don’t swallow.” MR: “This conversation is making me uncomfortable.”

Wrestling prep: MR (IC): “I want a good, clean fight.” A (IC): “No we don’t.” JB (IC): “What’s a clean fight?” A (IC): “It means you have to take a bath first.” JB (IC): “What’s a bath?”

MGW: “There’s a bridge that looks like it may have collapsed at some point.” JB: “Is it a-bridged?”

Beautiful references (read in Rorschach’s voice): AA: “I’m not grappled with YOU,” ST, AA, and KH: “YOU’RE grappled with ME!”

About remaining spells: KH: “I have three 1st-level slots and one 2nd-level slot.” CD: “Those are 'keeping people alive’ slots.”

Dealing with extra-limbed gorillas: ST: “Uh-oh! They must have been forewarned!” AD: “What makes you say that?” ST: “Forewarned is four-armed.” AD: -_-

Negotiation skills: AD: “It’s just me trying to bullshit him.” JI: “Why don’t you make a bullshit check?”

Trying to figure out if the staff is necromantic: CD: “We could kill a mouse in front of the staff. We could kill a mouse with the staff. How much is it to buy a mouse?”

JB: “Anyone die while I was gone?” SW: “Not on the outside.”

Wizarding limits: JS: “You may not polymorph your zombies into t-rexes.”

Zombies aren’t too smart: BC (IC): “Bobs, attack the closest gnoll!” Bobs: (run at gnoll party member) KH (OOC): “Et tu, Bob?” JS (OOC): “If this doesn’t belong in your blog, I dunno what does.”

Far too relatable: JS: “Twenty psychic damage.” BC: “I’ve taken more psychic damage from my mother.”

Worst-laid plans: KH (IC): “I have a very bad feeling about this.” MR (IC): “You should.”

Our go-to combat tactic: MR: “Are we going to stupid the guy to death?”

Zing!: MGW (IC): “If you join me, I can make you the greatest dwarf who ever lived.” TP (IC): “I am the greatest dwarf who ever lived.” Whole Table (OOC): “Ooooohhhhh!!!”

Another verbal duel with a sea god/character class limitations: KH: “I would say 'what is a god to a nonbeliever,’ but I’m a cleric.”

Activating the mysterious device: BC (IC): “We did it! I wonder what we did?”

Business as usual: KH: “This seems like a bad idea, but go ahead.”

Old adages: MR: “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” (IC) “But then, no enemy has survived contact with us!” (OOC) “Was that quote-worthy?” KH: “Yes.”

KC: “She can ride me. I don’t care.” KH: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) KC: “…I’M A BEAR IN ARMOR.”

Advantageous druidic inanity: KC: “Are you still riding the flying bear?” MR: “It’s flying now?” KC: “Yeah, he flew up to unlock the door.” AS: “…So he’s a flying bear with armor…”

Spell modifications for humourous purposes: MR: “Using a Dex[terity] save for Zone of Truth means they’re literally dodging the question.”

About a wild, crazy, out-of-left-field hypothesis: RD (IC): “I figured if you pulled something that big our of your ass there’d be bleeding involved.” MR (IC): “…That’s between me and my proctologist.” SW (OOC): “Did you take fire damage for that? That’s like Taco Bell levels of burn.”

As is per usual: MR: “We may have once again survived this by the skin of bullshit.”

Take the survey and vote for your favourites!

[yeahwesaidthat]

The Best of D&D, Round Two

Ladiiiiiiiies and gentlemeeeeeeen! The votes for Round One are IN, and the finalists are posted below! Once again, there will be a survey to narrow down the potentials, and then it’s on to Round Three!

My only fear is that y’all will get bored of even the best quotes by then. Hopefully not...

Once again, the survey is at the end of the post!

Overheard During D&D Other RPGs/3.5e

Describing a character: SO: “She is built like a brick shithouse.” DM: “She shits brick houses.” Bubbles: “She makes brick houses shit bricks.”

Rogue equipment: KB (IC): “I need [boots] that are…soft-sounding.” MM (IC): “We have socks.”

Proper procedure when everything goes to hell: RD: “[Cleric] goes outside and makes a magic circle, sits in it, and cries.”

During Hackmaster, about a bottle label: SB: “It says ‘Thou shalt not question the DM over inane shit!’”

KH (IC): “That stupid fucking son of a flea-ridden bitch cunt wizard - ” MM (IC): “Oh, him.”

IO: “[Wizard] is going to say - ” KB: “Can I tell you why this is a bad idea?” IO: “No.”

Calling for divine help in very specific situations: MM: “Please state your current medical emergency.” KB: “Head-splosion.” SO: “If you have been stabbed, press one. If you are currently being stabbed, press two.” MM: “If your head’s detonated and you’ve launched into a wall, press three.” RD: “Why did you press three? We never expected anyone to press three!” SO: “We don’t know what to do in this medical emergency! Please dial again!”

Overheard During D&D 4e

Taunting the kraken: Player: “Your tentacles are so short even an anime girl wouldn’t take 'em!”

What we think we saw - again?: Player: “If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and weighs the same as a duck, it must be a witch.” KH: “It’s a witch.” RJ: “Build a bridge out of ‘er!”

Mass undead murder: Player: “We made a ghoul-ash. An evil gumbo, really.”

SB: “Eventually you end up at the most popular stall in the market.” Player: “Porn?” 

Questioning the legitimacy of an NPC: SB (IC as Priest): “I have a degree in polytheism from the University of Phoenix Online!”

Healing needed: Player: “I have a mess kit, will that help?” WS: “Only if you want to make a mess.”

Killing the undead: SB: “Congratulations, you choked something to death that doesn’t breathe.”

Player: “Thank God I decided to engage the dragon in melee.” MW: “You’ll never hear that in any other D&D campaign ever again.”

Captain: “Neverwinter ho!” Dwarf: “Hos? Where?”

Interesting kills: SB: “You decapitated him with a bludgeoning weapon.”

Overheard During D&D 5e

Spell modifications for humourous purposes: MR: “Using a Dex[terity] save for Zone of Truth means they’re literally dodging the question.”

Demonic insight: KH: “I say in Infernal, ‘Peace! We mean you no harm!’” JI: “There’s no word in Infernal for ‘peace.’” Retroactive Edit: Demons actually speak Abyssal. Devils speak Infernal.

About a previous edition of D&D: KH: “[What] the hell couldn’t you do in 3.5?” SW: “Win.”

What to do with windmills: KH: “If we had a lance, we could go tilting.” MR: “Cavalier idea.”

After a petrifying encounter with some basilisks: BC: “I always thought she was stone-hearted.” KT: “I dunno, I thought she rocked.” JS: “I am going to kill all of you.”

Switching to melee for a change: CD: “Let’s see if this ‘offense’ thing you do all the time really works.” (rolls a critical hit)

Identifying mysterious cults: KH: “What’s the Cult of Howling Hatred?” EC: “The Westboro Baptist Church, obviously.”

EC (IC): “So what you’re saying is that it’s very dangerous and we shouldn’t go in. I’ll take point.”

Scrying like bad cell reception: KH: “Switch to AD&D.” JB: “Can you scry me now?”

MGW: “You were doing so well until everybody died.” JF: “D&D in a summary.”

Wisdom for stealing magic items: KC: “Anything that glows goes.”

To a half-orc and Sir Bearington, regarding weirdness: MGW (IC): “…but for me to assume you’re in a loving relationship with a talking bear is where we draw the line?!” 

More on the seduction roll: Bubbles: “Try to convince her to come with us. The way she came with you last night.”

Annoying Teen: (about his character) “Would he still hate me?” AD: (not about his character) “I think everyone hates you.”

Old adages: MR: “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” (IC) “But then, no enemy has survived contact with us!” (OOC) “Was that quote-worthy?” KH: “Yes.” 

About cultists: DM (IC): “They are water people. Maybe they’re just going with the flow.”

About going forward: KH: “Against our better judgment.” DM: “What better judgment?” KH: “Good point.”

About flirting with an efreet: JI: “Below her waist is a trailing cloud of black smoke, so you’re not getting anything.”

Worst-laid plans: KH (IC): “I have a very bad feeling about this.” MR (IC): “You should.”

Zombies aren’t too smart: BC (IC): “Bobs, attack the closest gnoll!” Bobs: (run at gnoll party member) KH (OOC): “Et tu, Bob?” JS (OOC): “If this doesn’t belong in your blog, I dunno what does.”

Other RPGs/3.5e MVP Nominations So Far

SB, SO, MM, KH, Bubbles, RD, IO

4e MVP Nominations So Far

SB (x3), “If it looks like a duck...”, WS, RJ

5e MVP Nominations So Far

JI, KH (x2), MGW (x2), MR (x3), JB (x4), KC, EC, Bubbles, ST, AD, RD, MGW

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